For almost 2 years we were simply the parents of the same children.

I started therapy.

I sold my stakes in businesses I had spent years justifying simply because “that’s how it had always been done.” I shut down operations that weren’t transparent and stopped using the family name as an excuse to avoid taking responsibility for my decisions.

Lauren found out through the business press.

“Don’t change your life to impress me.”

“I’m not doing it for you.”