I know in my own marriage I stayed in it to provide my son with what I thought was a stable background and to give him what I thought was the family life a child should have with two parents. But that isn't always the best way, and it took me taking my son to therapy after the divorce to really see
“I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.”
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”