I Still Can’t Believe She’s Gone — It’s been eight days since my girlfriend and partner asked me to let her go. It happened so abruptly that I think for the first few days I was simply feeling numb not knowing how to react. When the emotions did come, they were delivered with tears and anguish and…

They Told Me That Was Wrong — I was sitting down last week having a conversation with my Mother and my sister. I happened to mention that after 33 years together (25 married) that I’d always consider my wife to be family, even after we divorced. Just because we were not longer happy in our marriage I’d…

All The Stories I Didn’t Share — I was taking a few moments this morning to look back at all the unpublished drafts I have sitting out on Medium and realized that while most of these never got beyond a few hundred words, that the titles alone paint an interesting picture of the year that was 2022. …

We’ve been separated for almost 18 months — something's got to give. — It’s the one conversation that we have never had. We’ve talked all about my affair (ad-nauseam you might say) and we’ve talked about the finances and the children. We’ve talked about me moving home and we’ve talked about me leaving. We’ve talked about everything except that one thing. That one…

You don’t choose family over love, you choose it because of love — Yesterday, I was given the greatest Christmas gift possible. It didn’t come with and fancy wrapping paper, ribbons or bows and it didn’t come from any fancy stores or with and high end price tag. What my wife gave me yesterday was seven hours of a normal life. She allowed…

The Question Is, Where To Go From Here? — Lately I feel as though I’ve gotten as tired writing about my affair as you have gotten reading about it. What’s done is done. I have wallowed in this pool of self-pity long enough and it’s not helping me, it’s just causing me more pain and by extension further hurting…

What Happened To Make My Dad So Angry? — Yesterday afternoon I made a trip over to the nursing home where my dad has become a permanent resident to wish him a happy Thanksgiving and I’m saddened to say that during this visit, I was embarrassed and felt ashamed to be his son. Something has happened to my father…

If She Only Knew The Truth — Last time that I was out visiting with my kids at my wife’s home, I happened to pickup all the mail that had been gathering over the past few weeks. Amongst the numerous credit card offers and political mailers was a birthday card addressed to me from my Mother-In-Law who…