We were both living lies to try and make the other believe it was all okay. We stopped talking, sharing, and being honest. The proposal was a quick fix on the surface, but we never addressed all that went wrong. We didn’t reconnect or find ourselves again. We took a time out before stepping back to the same scenario. Coming home right away might have put us on the road to starting to undo the damage, but the baby threw it all in the air before we had a chance.

“We were coming ...