It’s Been a Year Since I Asked Him to Leave

I wondered what today would feel like.

Photo by Jed Owen @jediaowen via Unsplash

We were supposed to go on vacation to Napa. Instead, he packed a suitcase with two weeks worth of clothes and freshly printed divorce papers and got in his car to drive to Iowa to spend Thanksgiving with his parents.

I packed up a duffel bag and my dog and headed to California to be with my sister.