Testimony of Healing March 10, 1986 Issue

After eight years my relationship with a man whom I had...

GLORIA JEANNE STULZ

After eight years my relationship with a man whom I had planned to marry unexpectedly came to an abrupt end. My deepest hopes had been that this relationship would at last bring me the happiness and fulfillment I had yearned for all my life. When it became apparent to us both that marriage wasn't the right answer, I was devastated, especially when I learned that he was interested in someone else.

We had been very close and had spent most of our spare time together. Now I was terrified of being alone; the fear was overwhelming. The anguish and emptiness I felt were almost unbearable. I wondered why we had invested so many years in our friendship only to have it end like this. That relationship had been the most important in my life, and now it was gone and I knew there was no turning back.

After having seen many friends go through divorce or the loss of a serious relationship, I was afraid of all my desperate feelings. I had seen those friends come out of months and years of professional psychological counseling with only the thought that somehow you have to "live with" and "deal with" your feelings, and that "time is the best healer."

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