a kind woman sitting nearby offered her own. When my daughter returned, she thanked both of us and told me, “Next time, bring both.” And now I always do. 2.My best friend’s wife dropped their youngest child off at school one day and never came back. Ten years have passed,

and the only contact has been through lawyers. She refuses to speak to him or the kids directly.He says the hardest part wasn’t raising the kids alone — it was constantly having to explain to people why he was doing it alone. Even his own family questioned what he might have done to “make her leave.2