For Five Years She Cared For Her Paralyzed Husband Until She Overheard Him Call Her His Free Servant

from the countless others that had come before, my alarm rang at four-thirty in the morning.

The city outside was dark, cold, silent enough to amplify every anxious thought rattling around in my head.

I dressed for practicality, not pride, pulling on clothes I had worn three days in a row because laundry felt impossible.

I mentally recited the day’s tasks continue reading …