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EPISODE · Jun 14, 2026 · 1H

Shouldn’t a Temple Marriage Be Easier?

from Anchored · host Roseanne Dawes and Stephanie Francom

Temple marriage. Unexpected illness. Faith during suffering. Marriage trials. Caregiving. Depression. Enduring through hardship. Jesus Christ in the middle of broken expectations. This deeply emotional LDS conversation explores what happens when the life you prayed for slowly slips beyond your control—and what remains when everything else is shaken.She remembers believing life would unfold a certain way.She was young. Hopeful. Certain love would be enough.And for a while, it almost felt like it was.Then came the thing neither of them saw coming.What followed were years filled with questions no one could neatly answer. Quiet disappointments. Long nights. Pressure that slowly changed the atmosphere inside their home. The kind of suffering that doesn’t arrive all at once—but settles in little by little until you barely recognize yourself anymore.At one point, she stopped asking how to fix everything.Instead, she asked a different question.And somehow, that changed the direction of the story.This episode of Anchored is not about a perfect marriage or an instant miracle. It’s about what happens when faith becomes less about appearances and more about Jesus Christ Himself. About discovering that testimonies rooted in people can crack under pressure—but testimonies rooted in the Savior can hold through almost anything.Some miracles arrive all at once.Others unfold slowly… quietly… over years.Show Notes: cosettesnarr.com  Cosette has written a book called Sacred Reconciliation that can be downloaded for free at that site.

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Temple marriage. Unexpected illness. Faith during suffering. Marriage trials. Caregiving. Depression. Enduring through hardship. Jesus Christ in the middle of broken expectations. This deeply emotional LDS conversation explores what happens when the life you prayed for slowly slips beyond your control—and what remains when everything else is shaken. She remembers believing life would unfold a certain way. She was young. Hopeful. Certain love would be enough. And for a while, it almost felt li...

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