My Husband Persuaded Me to Be a Surrogate Twice – Then Walked Away After Paying Off His Mother’s Debt

just someone’s mother or someone’s ex-wife anymore.

I was helping women feel seen and heard. And in a quiet, unexpected way, it helped me begin to heal.

I started therapy, reluctantly at first. At night, after Jacob fell asleep, I wrote in a journal, pouring every ache and unanswered question onto the page. Grief didn’t come in waves—it seeped out slowly.continue reading …