My wife is paralyzed, so I haven’t been inti:mate with her for four months. Out of deep frustration, I left her alone for ten days to go on a date with the younger sister of my colleague. And then… the unexpected happened.

continued, and though she still had days when the pain was overwhelming, she never gave up. I made sure to be there with her, not as a man trying to redeem himself, but as a partner walking beside her. Sometimes, it was just holding her hand through the therapy sessions, other times it was making her laugh when things felt too heavy.

One afternoon, continue reading …