I lie for him. For the two of us. Lying to my husband isn’t something I’m proud of, but it’s become the infallible glue that holds our marriage together so we can be our best selves for our beautiful little family. I lie to give them each the best version of myself—a version I’ve curated only for them. But more than any of that, I lie to keep them safe from a past of which they know nothing. My husband knows me well, but he doesn’t know everything.
