The house is so... quiet, these days. Dead quiet and cold, even with a fire in the hearth. I stare into the fire and lose myself in it, in the little comfort it offers. It is not my husband's arms or my children's embraces, but for now it's all I have ( Read more... )

There is a Hell, and I am living it.

I shouldn't have quit so abruptly. This is killing me.

Lord, how I wish he would tell me what he's thinking. I've always known he was a man of secrets, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. His secrets are threatening to tear apart our family ( Read more... )