When the Spine Breaks, So Does She
Most women often feel lonely in a marriage. It’s not the kind of loneliness you can shake off with a cup of coffee or a walk in the park. It’s the kind that sits in the pit of your stomach, hollow and cold, even when you’re not alone. The kind of loneliness that lingers even when your husband is sitting right next to you. The biggest support a woman has is her husband—her friend, her lover, her spine. He is the one who lifts her up, helps her breathe when life suffocates her. But imagine when that spine breaks... no amount of wheelchairs, support systems, or sticks can ease that pain. She is left stranded, silently screaming, not for the world to hear, but for the man who once promised to stand by her side. It’s strange, isn’t it? How a man can hold a woman’s hand in public and make her feel cherished, but behind closed doors, the same hand pinches at her heart with hurtful words. Taunts that leave scars she can never show. “You’re not good enough,” “You’re a waste,” “Everything you do...