The Third Gift

What happens when the devil attacks your
strength and shapes it into a weakness?

J.D. "Danny" McCabe maintained a loving relationship with his wife for nearly twenty years before
the underpinnings of their marriage, family, and world began to crumble. Their foundation had
always been rooted in the mantra that trust is the bedrock of a healthy relationship. Indeed, Erin
had always claimed that things wouldn't, couldn't work without trust. But one day, for reasons
Danny could not fathom, Erin became suspicious of his every move. Phone calls, text messages, and
work emails were manufactured into proof of infidelity, drug addiction, and a network of lies.
She enlisted her mother in her efforts, and together they forged the words of family, trust and
honesty into a metaphorical hammer and beat him into the ground. Their accusations accumulated,
twisting reality and eventually resulting in Danny's involuntary hospitalization.

Danny was pushed to the edge, and was damn near ready to jump. Then, God intervened. Erin's
shocking revelation, her Third Gift, lit the blind spots in his marriage that Danny had never before
been able to reconcile