With high hopes sent to the heavens only to come crashing down on our heads. With the weight of the failures, she insisted on owning, pushing her further into despair and self-loathing until it was nearly impossible for her to look at herself in the mirror. And I just wanted it to stop. I just wanted her to stop tearing herself apart over something so far out of our control. She took it to mean that I wanted something different altogether. That I’d changed my mind about everything when all I’d done was decide that I wasn’t prepared to sacrifice her for the sake of having children that shared
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