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Anna Duggar is happy husband Josh is taking steps to do what’s right, says she has lots of hope for their marriage


(Instagram/ joshduggar) Josh and Anna Duggar with their newborn daughter Meredith Grace in a photo taken on July 19, 2015, just before the Ashley Madison scandal broke out.

Despite all the heartaches that Josh Duggar gave his wife Anna last year, what with two scandals rocking their marriage, Anna is still optimistic that their marriage can still be saved.

During the “Counting On” Season 2 premiere on Tuesday at TLC — which announced Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo’s engagement as well as Jessa Seewald’s pregnancy — Anna made an appearance and provided fans with an update on her relationship with Josh.

“Personally, I have a lot of hope for our marriage, and so as I see Josh taking steps to do what’s right, it brings a lot of joy and helps heal the pain that we walked through,” she said, according to the Mirror. “We are just taking it one day at a time, and working on strengthening our relationship as a couple and with our children.”

The first scandal that rocked Josh and Anna’s marriage was Josh’s indiscretions when he was just a teenager. He reportedly molested several underage girls, including his younger sisters Jill Dillard and Jessa. When the news surfaced, the whole Duggar family came to his defence, and Anna even said she already knew about Josh’s rocky past even before she married him.

However, Josh’s second scandal was a lot more difficult to swallow, and his entire family was devastated because of it. The second scandal involved his secret accounts with the cheating website Ashley Madison. Josh later confessed to cheating on his wife and his porn addiction. His parents subsequently sent him to the faith-based Reformers Unanimous rehab facility.

Many people encouraged Anna to divorce Josh because of it, but the dutiful Christian wife remained committed to her wedding vows. Sometime this May, they announced that they were seeking the help of a marriage counsellor.

“Since the residential treatment program ended, we have been working with a professional marriage and family counselor to take important steps toward healing. It isn’t easy and some days are very difficult. It is a long road to rebuild trust and a truly healthy relationship,” they wrote on their website then.

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