Modern Love: I Wanted to Love Her, Not Save Her
20/02/2021
The first time we spoke, she was so weak she had collapsed. Why did that not alarm me?
The first time we spoke, she was so weak she had collapsed. Why did that not alarm me?
During lockdown, a 25-year marriage shakes and resettles.
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The cook would arrive after midnight and whip up a Michelin-worthy spread. Which was great, until I could no longer keep my eyes open at work.
After spooky things started happening in our new house, a scary thing happened in our marriage.
What if the fastest path to a committed relationship is to actively avoid one?
As a wife and a mother, I have learned how to tell the truth. Which is why I always know when my husband is lying.
If grief is the price of love, I am unable to pay.
“Bend It Like Beckham” gave me a vision of my romantic future. My future had other ideas.
(Yes, I actually prayed that he not be too young for me.)