Surviving Infidelity Series: Adultery and Journaling to Deal with the Pain

The following stories are from two women who found a significant amount of peace through jounaling throughout their painful journies:

I was able to get some of my feelings and thoughts out in an art journal that I hid when my husband (who finally confessed he had fallen in love with another woman) was supposed to be home. I loved Christina Aguilera's song 'Fighter'. I needed to hear a strong woman saying powerful words! Currently I love Pink's song 'So What'. I exercised when he would leave during the night or not come home. I read library books dealing with infidelity, saving the marriage, divorce, and wrote notes in my art journal. I talked with my congregation's elders to build up my faith. At the time I was a SAHM and a volunteer at our kids' school (one of my husband's complaints before he left us was that I wasn't helping with the bills, but he also didn't want to pay for childcare nor come home at a regular hour so that I could get a paying job while he watched our kids). I talked with friends and family, including my MIL, to set up my support system--who can watch my kids on snow/vacation days when I have to work. Yes, I finally got a part-time job thru my sister and it's during school hours, which is good! I really appreciated the free counseling I received at a shelter for domestic violence/emotional abuse. I also cleaned out a small room for him (another of my husband's complaints was that I had too much junk/papers/books and he had no space, so I was able to get rid of a bunch of stuff because I was numb or crying at the time), but since he left, now it's just a storage room for some of his stuff. It's been almost a year since he told me about her and a few months since he moved out. I know I'm doing better, but I still miss him.