When I found that itemized invoice taped to my refrigerator three days after my hysterectomy, I realized my husband had been keeping score of every act of care. But he had no idea I was about to become a much better accountant than he ever was.For seven years, I thought my marriage was a quiet kind of happiness.
Daniel and I had built something solid together. We had a nice little house with a porch swing where we’d sit on summer evenings, two steady jobs that paid the bills, and endless conversations about “someday” having kids.We weren’t rushing, we told ourselves. We wanted to be ready, financially and emotionally. From the outside, it probably looked like we already had everything figured out.