that I could survive without him through some dramatic gesture.
I needed to stop participating in my own disappearance.
I needed to become curious about the woman I had been before marriage and generous toward the woman I had become afterward.
I needed to understand my finances, rebuild my confidence, return to learning, and make decisions based on reality rather than fear.
Most importantly, I needed to stop waiting for Richard to tell me I was valuable.
He may spend the rest of his life regretting what he said on
