My wife walked out after our newborn son was diagnosed with Down syndrome — I hated her for 18 years until I learned the real reason she left

newborn son.

Now I saw something else.

I saw a frightened young mother who already knew she was dying, standing beside her baby’s crib and touching his tiny foot because if she picked him up one more time, she might not have been able to leave at all.

And for the first time since she walked out that door, I stopped asking how Serena could have left us.continue reading …