The woman I thought was my forever after didn’t bother calling or anything. She was just gone, like she was never there. When I realized she wasn’t bluffing and wouldn’t return, I had no choice but to figure it out on my own.
I picked up a permanent job doing remote IT work so I could be home with the kids. I worked during the twins’ nap times, late nights, early mornings, and whenever they were in daycare once they got old enough.
During those years, coffee was my lifeline. Some days, I felt like a zombie, but I just reminded myself that the girls came first. It wasn’t easy, but we had our rhythm.
Then this year… everything collapsed at once.
