Broken home

from Give Her Wings

It frustrates me to hear that my children are "from a broken home". They are not from a broken home. They are part of a home where they are loved, deeply and dearly, and a beautiful tapestry of pain and beauty have been woven together. They are from a home where we were honest about our pain and loved and supported each other through it. They are from a home where abuse is not/was not allowed and where healthy relationships are the goal. They are from a home where life has not been easy, but life is never easy!

The belief that if two parents stayed together, despite the ongoing abuse, that their kids would somehow be "whole" is from a faulty theology that uses equations for "success". Children are whole when they are loved and shown the Gospel every single day. Children are whole when they are not subjected to abuse. I know plenty of families where the parents stayed together...and the children are deeply struggling teens and adults now.

My children are not "from a broken home". They are creative, intelligent, emotionally beautiful, character-savvy, Jesus-loving individuals. And I could not be more proud.