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.

from bed to chair with less help, in making it from the bedroom to the kitchen without crying from frustration. I should have been there inside those moments with her, but more and more I found myself standing just outside them, applauding from some emotional distance I could not seem to cross.

One Friday she dropped a mug while trying to reach the continue reading …