Their marriage was a nightmare marked with broken promises and recurring unfaithfulness. Every offense pounded the harshness of the greatest storm a married couple could endure. As each ordeal settled, Lori attempted to gather the shattered pieces of her hopes and dreams once more.

"No one who is born of God will continue to sin. . . .this is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God. . . " (1 John 3:9, 10)