On Divorce
I Thought 22 Years and 9 Children Was Enough to Make Our Marriage Work — I Was Wrong
My husband told me he wanted a divorce two days before Thanksgiving. And then I found out about the affair.
I thought I had checked off all the affair-proofing boxes when it came to my marriage — but I was wrong.
When my husband first told me he wanted a divorce, I struggled with disbelief. It consumed my every moment. How could I have let this happen? Wrapped in shame, I battled the humiliation in silence. I kept it hidden, pretending all was okay.
I wasn’t ready to let us go.
I never suspected he’d stray. After all, twenty-two years and nine children surely meant something? I’d somehow felt protected — like we had too many reasons to make it work.
And who throws in the towel with that kind of backstory?
Not even six months prior, he’d decided to purchase burial plots, so one day, we’d be laid to rest next to one another here in the states.
It was a significant decision. We’d gone round and round this issue for years. He wanted his body brought back to his hometown in Mexico when he passed away. Multiple generations of his family were in…
