The Surprising First Thing I Did After My Husband Moved Out
3 min readDec 5, 2019
A bucket was necessary but not for my tears.
I remember the day my husband walked out of our shared home of 20 years like it was yesterday even though nine months have since passed. The house was suddenly extraordinarily quiet, calm…peaceful even. My ears felt like they were full of cotton — the only sound getting through was the persistent pounding of my heart…