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.

a long while, she smiled. It wasn’t a small smile, but a genuine one—one that reached her eyes and softened her features. It was a smile that made me realize how far we had come, how much we had already rebuilt. In that moment, I knew that there was nothing we couldn’t overcome together.

But life, as it tends to do, had its own plans.

A few weeks later,continue reading …