I ASKED MY FAMILY TO PICK ME UP AFTER MY HUSBAND’S FUNERAL OVERSEAS — THEIR HEARTLESS RESPONSES MADE THE HEADLINES THAT NIGHT.

help.

Now I understood that I was not defined by the people who chose not to love me the way I deserved.

I was defined by the strength I discovered within myself—and by the family I created from the people who chose to stay.

The well had never been empty.

I had simply been looking for love in the wrong place.