A Choice That Changed Everything
When I walked into the shelter, I had no idea that the decision I was about to make would cost me my marriage. But as I knelt before that frail, aging dog, I knew one thing—she needed me. And, maybe, I needed her too.
For years, Greg and I had struggled to fill the silence in our marriage. Over a decade together, and after countless doctor’s visits, the answer was always the same: No, you can’t have children.
At first, we tried to be hopeful, but as time passed, the silence grew heavier. We stopped talking about it, each of us pretending we weren’t falling apart.
Then one evening, as we sat across from each other in the dim kitchen light, I said, “Maybe we should get a dog.”
Greg barely looked up. “A dog?”
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