Recently, American philanthropist Melinda French Gates talked publicly about her divorce from billionaire Bill Gates, describing it as the "hardest thing" she has ever gone through. In May 2021, Melinda and Bill Gates called it quits on their 27-year marriage. She told podcaster Jay Shetty, "That was the hardest thing I had ever been through in my life.
" When asked how difficult it was for her to extend grace to herself during the divorce, she responded,"I had thought I was going to be married for life. I thought I'd be married for 50-plus years. So all of a sudden, you see that even despite very much work and counseling what you had doesn't actually exist.
And that for me, I couldn't go forward. There wasn't enough trust any longer. So it wasn't something I wished for I certainly didn't think I would be in my late 50s and be divorced.
" Melinda Gates, who exited the Gates Foundation earlier this year with $12.5 billion for her own charity work to uplift women and families, said she didn't mind getting divorced, but "I didn't know that was going to be me". She adde, "And it was incredibly challenging.
I've never cried so much in my whole life. And I prayed a lot for grace..
.for grace for myself for grace for my children for grace for the situation that we would somehow get through this as a family behind the scenes." The philanthropist claimed to have prayed to God in order for their separation to remain private until they were done.
She said, "Because I knew that would be a w.
