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Peggy

I can’t lose him I can’t This past year has been the worst of ive up so many times, but the love I have for ether

I just want to be happy I wantto be okay But I know it’s not going to happen, at least not anytime soon My husband of twenty years can’t stand to be touched He’s so down on hiain I try not to let my insecurities surface, but it’s almost impossible He has no interest in iven up on us Somehow, someway, I have to show hih he’s in a wheelchair or wearing his prosthetic legs, he’s still my husband, and I love him I can’t lose him

I’ve got a thousand things to do, and while I aa way to include Jere it all For one et the call for duty, and I as on my own But now that Jeremy’s home, I need to push him to help , and he pushesup I just have to find a way to reach him

I’ve told myself it takes time and to be patient It killsto be like this Sure, it feels like forever, but the truth is, it’s only been a year since the bomb killed his ars So that really isn’t very long in the whole sches All I can do is pray that the therapy Jereet better It has to because I can’t i worse

I’ the relationship he has with our kids They’re both to the point nohere they find it easier to just avoid hi to include him in their lives It’s time I intervene I have to, for the sake of our children They need their dad

I’oes for counseling I’ve offered to come with him numerous times, but he has flat-out told me he doesn’t want ht as well have slapped me in the face for howelse, I cla with his request I know he doesn’t want me here because he doesn’t want me to see him any more vulnerable than he’s already had to be He wantsman he was before the explosion At least, that’s what I believe the reason is

I walk into the office, and the secretary is away fro on the door His appointet to work I look between the door and the e heck with it The fact remains that Jeremy is my husband It shouldn’t be a problee With that thought fresh in my mind, I knock soundly on the door

A wo and beautiful it ht place How could so be helpful to a veteran trying to recover from such violence and loss?

“I’ and my husband, Jeremy Kilburn”

The woman smiles at ht place” She opens her hand toward the roo for me to come inside Jeremy is in his chair parked closer to the chair that Dr Greening clearly uses than the couch where her other patients must sit

Jeremy looks surprised to see uilty I chance another glance at Dr Greening in her slim skirt and fitted dress shirt I barely hold back a flinch when I think how I must look in my scrubs No doubt fru to uilt that is on his face