There are seasons in life that test us in ways we never expect. For me, that season began seven months ago, when I found myself facing a serious health challenge that changed everything about my daily life. The treatments were exhausting, the nights were long, and the future felt uncertain. Still, I held on because I believed that love meant facing difficulty side by side.
But one morning, as I was slowly finding my footing again, my husband packed a suitcase, withdrew our shared funds, and said something I never imagined I would hear:
I looked at him quietly. Not with anger, but with a calm I didn’t expect. Because long before that moment, I had seen the shift in him—the late nights, the distance in his voice, the way he looked past me instead of toward me. Something within me had already begun preparing for the possibility that I would have to stand on my own.
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