Got some bad news yesterday. Amy's brother and his wife are separating. It is something that they have apparently been working up to over the past year or so. I don't know where either is with all this, just know they gave no indication this was coming when we saw them at Christmas. I'm feeling very bad for their kids - 9 and 5. I'm sure they have their reasons and have no idea what work they did on their marriage or what work they maybe have planned. I know there have been some changes with his wife in that she lost some weight, was feeling good about herself and was out partying with her sister and mother - the sister who nearly lost custody of her kid because she couldn't kick the drugs. I'm hoping that this is not just a case of her wanting to go and party, that there is more than that. I keep reminding myself that it is not a divorce, at least not yet. I continue to pray that things will work out.

Has been a rough couple of weeks for marriages in our circle of friends and acquaintances. A couple we would hang out with in Mitchell is getting a divorce. One day, one of them updated relationship status on Facebook to "single". No idea what is going on there either. Given some of the couple's counseling I've done, I probably don't WANT to know what is going on.