Countless questions left her sleepless at nights: can she afford it on her own, who will take Brain to school and pick him up after, and what about Brian’s reaction to the separation, will he be hurt? As she was procrastinating, Wayne was becoming more irritable and demanding. His angry diatribes were affecting Brian, who began stuttering and wanted to spend more time in the grandparents’ room. Suffering with fear and embarrassment during his rages, Irene would walk the streets for hours contemplating her life. With no new love in sight, under relentless push from Wayne, she hesitantly agreed to her husband’s demands, and the loveless marriage continued.
The irony of life, its karma or fate- call it what you want- about a year later, Irene met the man who became the love of her life. How ordinary this story is: both of them married, one of them cannot or will not break out of the marriage. The timeless question is why two adult people could not make a painful, but obviously right decision? There are always dozens of reasons for that: responsibility for aging parents, concern about children, guilt, financial problems, and most important indecisiveness. However, some people can overcome all these problems …show more content…
His overall health was waning, yet doctors kept fixing one problem after another, and there was no indication of his imminent demise. One would think that Irene should be relieved- on the contrary: she was overwhelmed with the feeling of guilt, loss and the absence of purpose in life, no matter how hard and thankless this purpose was- it was a purpose. During first weeks or even months, she considered ending relationship with Ed; she was anemic, had no interest in anything- her husband’s death created huge void in her life. The time healed her emotional wounds, especially with the help of someone as positive as Edward, who would not allow the depression to take over Irene’s
The irony of life, its karma or fate- call it what you want- about a year later, Irene met the man who became the love of her life. How ordinary this story is: both of them married, one of them cannot or will not break out of the marriage. The timeless question is why two adult people could not make a painful, but obviously right decision? There are always dozens of reasons for that: responsibility for aging parents, concern about children, guilt, financial problems, and most important indecisiveness. However, some people can overcome all these problems …show more content…
His overall health was waning, yet doctors kept fixing one problem after another, and there was no indication of his imminent demise. One would think that Irene should be relieved- on the contrary: she was overwhelmed with the feeling of guilt, loss and the absence of purpose in life, no matter how hard and thankless this purpose was- it was a purpose. During first weeks or even months, she considered ending relationship with Ed; she was anemic, had no interest in anything- her husband’s death created huge void in her life. The time healed her emotional wounds, especially with the help of someone as positive as Edward, who would not allow the depression to take over Irene’s