Love is not always easy, but it is always worth the journey. In this powerful episode, Dana Hueston shares her emotional journey of finding love, guided by God’s plan. Dana embraced a period of singlehood, determined to honor her promise to God. When she married John, they were tested by life’s challenges, including infidelity. Dana’s faith and patience were pivotal in their relationship’s growth, as John respected her boundaries, and through counseling and personal struggles, they found healing and a deeper connection. Dana’s story reveals the transformative power of faith, respect, and God’s timing in shaping a love that endures life’s trials. I am sharing my experience of loving the same man for 32 years, a mother to two adult children, a retired military officer, a breast cancer survivor, and my connections with others. Anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts should reach out to a suicide hotline or local emergency number in their country: Psychology Today Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Resources Around the World — Watch the episode here   Listen to the podcast here Divinely Led Love: Trusting God’s Plan And Finding Healing With Dana Hueston Dana, welcome to the widowhood. Thank you. How are you? I am well. When you hear widowhood, what comes to mind first for you? Me. Do you think you represent when people think of a widow, or what does that mean when you say me if you were to explain that to somebody?     I just say Widowhood is a state of being and a time. Everybody doesn’t get to experience it. I was hoping that I didn’t and I did. I know that in the beginning, the first few years, I referenced myself as a widow. After that, I now just say single because I don’t want pity because I’m a widow. You make some really good points there but I want to circle back a little bit, but thank you. I’m going to keep those notes and we’re going to come back to that. I see this space that you’re at, it looks very light and airy. Is this your favorite space in your home? Of late, yes. The last 5 or 6 months, my daughter had noticed that I had been spending a lot of time on the porch. This is my front porch, and it’s closed in. She made reference to that I could take any space and make it mine. Even the front porch. I was like, “Yeah, daughter.” I’m a little jealous because the home we lived in before, we had a closed-in back porch where my husband and I raised our children. When I moved to Virginia, I did not have that option but my desire for next year is there’s a part of the house in the back that if everything goes well, I want to make a closed-in porch, patio, all-season room, whatever because that was my favorite room in the house. I would start the day out there. I could watch everything and no bugs because everything was closed in. In the shade, I felt like I was close to nature. I didn’t have to be out there with everything. I am very envious of your favorite spot right now. I like that a lot. I’m excited for winter to come and the snow to come and see if I’ll be able to sit out here with the heater if it’ll be warm enough for me. It’s insulated a little bit, but I think I need new windows and stuff like that. It is windows, not screens. It’s windows there. It’s all windows. I want to see some TikToks of you out there and seeing what that looks like. I think it’s going to be great. Where are you from originally? I have to say originally in Toledo, I was born in Oceanside, California because my dad was in the military. What brand? Marines, camp Pendleton. My sister and I were born in California. She was actually born on the base and I was born across the street from the ocean in Oceanside, California. My birth certificate says I have ocean-blue eyes and jet-black hair really. Are there any pictures showing that pretty? When I was a baby? Real little? Yeah. I couldn’t put my hand on any right now, but I do remember an instance when my aunt told me when my mom brought us back to Toledo and she handed her to my aunt, and I opened my eyes in her arm and she almost dropped me because she was not expecting to see blue eyes. A blue-eyed baby. My eyes, I can probably get them bluish if I wear pink, I found out. My eyes changed based on my mood. My husband used to always say he could tell he would just be looking. I said, “What are you looking at?” He said, “I’m looking to see these eyes telling me what’s going on.” I know, I’m about to say, so what are the colors that they changed and what moods do they relate to? Hazel is calm. Green is just where I’m just very spicy and then blue, that is not very often that they are blue. It’s a bluey shadish, it’s not a blue. It’s only based on color. I know that it’s like if I were pink or something like that, you’ll see that hue of the blue. I probably never liked it when I was a baby. That is so neat. Now I’m going to have to start paying attention when I see you, make sure I’m paying attention to the eye color and what’s going on to understand your mood and disposition. Much I found out just in a couple of minutes already. I found because of that, I talk with my eyes, I talk with facial expressions. I guess over the years because my eyes have always been different to people’s, I just use them as illustrations. I just talked with them. That