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This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories.

We tell stories about everything here on this show, including your stories, send them is Our American Stories. And we tell stories about everything here on this show,

including your stories. Send them to Our American Stories.com. There's some of our favorites,

and you know we really mean that. Today, we have a listener's story from W.HO. in Des Moines,

our great IHeart Station 1040. Laura Sankster had a tough childhood and a very tough first marriage.

But then she met her husband, Fred. Here's Laura sharing her story.

I was married 40 years. I found out after five years of marriage that he had sexual addictions and he was living,

had another life, 38 years out of the 40. I didn't want God to be mad at me, so I didn't

want divorce. My kids, everybody wanted me. I mean, it was awful. And I just thought I was so scared.

My health was going down.

I did lay counseling.

My counselor, he said, no, the Lord does not want you to be living like this anymore.

I worked for a law firm.

Everybody knew who he was and what he was doing.

After I decided to divorce, they were just Everybody knew who he was and what he was doing.

After I decided to divorce, they were just so elated. They put a party on and they said, you need to find somebody that cares about you.

So five years later, they wanted me to do e-harmoning.

They were all on e-harmonie. Some of them were engaged and it, you know, it was like, you wanted me to do e-harmony. They were all on e-harmony.

Some of them were engaged and it was like,

you've got to do this.

Well, I filled out the application after a lot of pressuring.

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