Wearing an Emerald Green Dress on My Birthday Cost Me My Husband

only sound the quiet hum of the refrigerator in the corner. I had spent so many years rushing through these mornings, checking the clock to see when Damon would need his breakfast or his ironed shirt.

Now, I simply sat and watched the dust motes drift through the sunbeams on the linoleum floor.

I spent years forgetting that I deserved to be happy too.continue reading …