Question:

It has taken me over three years of deep grief to accept my former spouse’s decision to end our 17-year marriage. Sadly, after reading one of your columns, I am sure my actions pushed him further away and solidified his decision.

My emotions have been on the surface (due to supporting him through school, his graduation, his new job requiring us to move, my cancer treatment and then the divorce, all in a few years’ time). My children and I just felt that somehow, some way, we’d be able to move forward as an intact family.

Recently, he made it very clear that he is not interested and will never be married or live with me again.

My ability to believe in a bright future where I can create and dream has been obliterated. I still get hit with the “grief train” about once a month. I

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