Author: elisephotini

Fr Silouan quoted Saint Anthony the Great in a FB post today saying “don’t worry about your past…” then went on to say that ‘digging…

Accountability and judgement are two different things. When I call a spade and spade and it scandalizes someone I’m not shocked any longer. I am…

Lots of grief today. One year ago today—on the day after our Theophany house blessing—I was still full of wobbly-hope that despite new conflict with…

My entire life had been lived under-a-rock and/or outside-the-box. I guess I shouldn’t be too terribly surprised that it took me till my mid-40’s to…

The toughest part of my day is at their end, especially on days I’m not completely worn out by a shift at work. I am…

Discussion with various FB friends has begun on whether someone should advise a woman to keep working on her marriage following my post yesterday on…

Following several triggers this week I am processing, again, many of the things I was told while trying to decide whether to end my marriage(s)…

As I begin a daily (ish) Spiritual Practice of writing my story here I find myself comparing to others lists of abuse or trauma, trying…

Lately I feel like my entire story may pour out just in response to Path To Freedom’s sharing…. Today’s post on Brian’s page reminded me…

Photini… I get various questions on this name. “Is this your new last name?” And “How do you say that….uhm….Fo-Teeni?” or just today “Which do…