{"id":31040,"date":"2020-01-08T08:56:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31040"},"modified":"2020-01-08T08:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T14:56:47","slug":"love-hope-episode-2-two-women-loved-me-but-i-lost-them-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31040","title":{"rendered":"Love &#038; Hope \u2014 Episode 2:<br> Two women loved me, but I lost them both"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31041\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LoveHope-Episode-2-title-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, I had decided to marry a woman \u2014 and we had set a date \u2014 but I needed to break the news to another woman who had been hoping I would come back to her.<\/p>\n<p>I knew what I wanted, but when I met with the second woman, something went wrong. She begged me to change my mind and I felt guilty because I couldn\u2019t give her what she wanted. I made the worst possible decision for everybody, all because I tried to sit on the fence and avoid hurting anyone.<\/p>\n<p>I got lost that weekend and I feel as though I\u2019ve never found my way home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. 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