A few weeks ago, my 8 year old daughter, Rose, received her first phone call from a boy. I was shocked and amazed at how smitten she appeared. It seems, however, that the affection was short lived. At first, I thought he just wasn't being very nice...

*sigh* I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I didn't realize the love you were offering me. I'm sorry that I took advantage of your trust. I'm sorry that I hurt you again and again and denied that some part of me knew it all along. I'm also sorry that I may...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 2001: I remember standing in my bathroom and looking at the two lines on the pregnancy test. I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed, hysterically, out loud. I felt relieved to tell...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Summer/Fall 2000: "Well, what are we going to do?" I asked my husband one day. "What is our marriage becoming? Are we actually going to have an open marriage?" I was feeling guilty that I was...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 2000: I'm not sure exactly how K's wife found out - I think it was the picture of me dressed in lingerie that he'd accidentally left on the scanner. I truly think that subconsciously, K wanted to end...