Lessons From A Lost Love Note

What was he really saying?: “I’m so sorry.” 

There’s no way to really know, of course. But when I looked more closely at this note, I realized: this might have been serious.  This might have been a deep, gut-wrenching apology.

The more I read it, the more I picture a wife who has finally told her husband: I am feeling unloved. We don’t spend time together, except to talk about the bills or the kids. I feel like you don’t care about me. You’re not kind; you snap at me.

She might even have told him she has shut down.  Or even that she doesn’t know if she wants to go on. He pours out his grief and his longing: “I hope I can continue to give you a life and a partner that you can love more deeply.”