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.

twenty bucks in an old coat pocket. Hannah used to fix my tie in the mornings before work, smoothing the fabric against my chest and grinning like she was sending a king out into the world instead of a mid-level sales manager with too many spreadsheets and not enough sleep.

Then one rainy Thursday evening, everything we called normal shattered on the continue reading …