168 | Summer Stories of Hope: When Decades of Secrets Escalate to an Affair, with Tricia

For twenty-two years, Tricia’s marriage carried a quiet, underlying tension. Five years in, she discovered her husband’s pornography use.

 

For decades after, she lived in a state of constant, lonely hypervigilance, trying to manage the distance without any outside help.

 

Then, the ground beneath her completely gave way.

 

After a coworker pursued her husband, a series of crossed boundaries turned into a 10-month affair. The truth came to light in a grocery store parking lot after she watched him delete a text message and confronted him face-to-face.

 

In this episode, Tricia shares the terrifying reality of what followed: the intense trauma symptoms, the paralyzing grief, the white-hot rage, and the frantic effort to shield their three children while her own world was collapsing.

 

She opens up about the pivotal moment she reached out for help, heard the hard truth that her old marriage was over, and began the grueling, grace-filled work of building something entirely new.

 

Ten months into recovery, Tricia is learning how to stop controlling her husband’s choices and instead release his recovery to God.

 

Hers is a story of fierce survival, deep wrestling, and the choice to love covenantally when every instinct tells you to run.

 

Listen now to hear how Tricia walked through the fire of betrayal and found a path toward true, God-given restoration.

 

We pray this blesses you,

 

Johnny and Emily

 

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Episode 166. Summer Stories of Hope: Beyond Extortion and Trickle Truth, with R.D.

Episodes 167. Summer Stories of Hope: Betrayal from the Beginning, with Heidi

 

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