My husband skipped our 15th anniversary dinner to watch soccer with his friends. When …

He forgot because work was busy.

He didn’t mean it that way.

But neglect doesn’t always arrive shouting. Sometimes it arrives as a husband who assumes you will always wait.

When the waiter brought the check, he hesitated and said, “I hope your evening gets better.”

I smiled at him, and this time it was real.

“It already has,” I said.

Because I had finally continue reading …