Thanks for your kind thoughts on our little granddaughter :)
My daughter also has a three year old little girl...and w/only “two” and post partum, nursing, not sleeping...and I know how “overwhelmed” she feels. This poor Anna delivered a week later and has not only a public humiliation (and ridicule); but the very, very real threat of STDs. AIDS, etc. he put her health, the newborns life AT RISK by his very well thought actions.
I don’t understand the “stand by your man” “forgive” all mentality. I understand Divine forgiveness, but I don’t get a wife keeping up a cultish (Gothard) faith that keeps an admitted pedophile (and now outed) creepy sex addict around little ones (under the age of 7). As a mother, her responsibility is to keep her children safe. Her husband has already risked her life as well as their newborns w/his behavior.
I’m pretty sure Anna gets regular OB check ups during pregnancy, even though she opts for home birth. They routinely test for AIDS and STDs, so it should be a small comfort to her that she is probably OK.
I can’t imagine what she is feeling right now-maybe her current inaction is a result of shock. Biblically, she has grounds for divorce. It wasn’t a one time event, he is repeatedly abusing her through his perversions and adultery. I hope she snaps out of it and protects herself and her children soon so that she doesn’t have a complete breakdown later.
For what it’s worth, a little one and a newborn are never “only two”. I have six children and it seems I was most overwhelmed when I had only two. Part of that was me learning the deep self sacrifice that parenting requires-dying to myself. Part of it was that my husband needed to learn to die to himself as well. I love hearing how supportive you are of your daughter. I felt so very alone when I had a newborn and a 17 month old, support would have been lovely!