was intelligent, funny, thoughtful, and genuinely loving in ways that made loving him very easy in the beginning.
If I had a difficult shift, he noticed.
Sometimes dinner would already be waiting when I got home.
If I mentioned wanting something in passing, he might remember three weeks later and surprise me with it.
During our first year of marriage, he was the kind of partner I had hoped existed.
He was also Sylvia’s only son.
And that fact existed inside our marriage like a small crack behind a wall.
