I Spent Nearly Two Weeks Recovering From Surgery and My Husband Never Visited Once—Then I Came Home and Froze at the Front Door

It does not automatically sanctify whatever we do while afraid.

Gavin agreed.

That mattered most.

PART 56 — THE VERSION GAVIN TELLS

When he tells the story, he says:

“I panicked and abandoned my wife when she needed me.”

I used to object.

“You didn’t abandon the marriage.”

He said:

“I abandoned the bedside.”