After 39 Years of Marriage, My Husband Left Me—Then His New Wife Told Me Something I Never Expected

more clearly.

I could understand that he had been afraid.

I could understand that he had convinced himself secrecy was necessary.

I could even understand how a person might build a moral justification around decisions he was too frightened to admit were wrong.

But understanding is not absolution.

I did not need to transform him into a villain to acknowledge continue reading …