breakup

She had asked for change more times than she could count. Pleaded, even. But nothing shifted. It wasn’t until her five-year-old son quietly pointed out that his dad yelled at her—but never at him or his little brother—that something inside her broke open. In that moment, she saw it clearly: the patterns being set, the […]

To those around her, it might have seemed like just another rough patch in a marriage—but for her, the breaking point was painfully clear. After one of their usual arguments, he threw out a threat to seek full custody of their son, despite rarely lifting a finger to care for him unless she pleaded. That