"I’m struggling today without him — the husband that left three years ago in search of a life that…

"I’m struggling today without him — the husband that left three years ago in search of a life that didn’t involve me, a life that didn’t involve our kids.

I’m struggling today because my kids are struggling.

I barely envisioned myself as a parent let alone an only parent, and yet here I am. I’m a single mother to a 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl; two kids who desperately want to know where their father is; two kids who, in their childlike curiosity, through waves of grief, are never satisfied with the answers I give them.

But I don’t...