A caring husband provided support when it was needed most
I am writing this at the end of the second calendar year without my dar-ling Norman. He and I were complete unto ourselves. Third time’s the charm, they say. For me, this turned out to be true. When we met, I was 36 years old and ten years sober. I’d just gotten custody of my two teenaged children, and Norm’s daughter had just come to live with him.
I’d been through a lot in my life— incest, rape, miscarriages, illnesses, two divorces, addiction and alcoholism. He was a breath of fresh air: forthright, open, understanding and loving. We hit it off and had 29 years together. After what I’d been through, it felt like a reward to be with him. He was the best person I’d ever met.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2019 من More of Our Canada.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2019 من More of Our Canada.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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