When the Lights Go Out, the Vows Get Tested in the Dark

nodded and scribbled. “Do you ever feel overwhelmed?”

I laughed once, not because it was funny, but because if I didn’t laugh I might start shaking.

“I feel like a man trying to hold back the ocean with a broom,” I said. “But she’s my wife.”

Erin’s face softened. “Being her husband doesn’t mean doing this alone.”

“That’s easy to say,” I replied, and I continue reading …