Splits Happen: Handling the Pain of Divorce
The gala affair was extensively covered by Essence Magazine and attended by a veritable who’s who of celebrities. But the lavish wedding celebration for 19 –year-old Sarah D. Henson, daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes, who married Robert Henson, former Washington Redskins linebacker in 1998, meant nothing when the marriage began crumbling from within.
Now, after only 4 years, the wedded bliss has turned hellish and Henson is dealing with the reality of divorce at just 23 years of age. “As much as I wanted my marriage to last, it cannot,” the mother of two said in a public statement. She told the public she has “biblical grounds” due to “multiple infractions over the course of the union,” as reasons for the filing. Read the full official statement here.
But her story is not uncommon.
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