I still remember him sitting beside my hospital bed, holding a paper airplane he’d made while waiting for the doctors. GetWriting Tools
He didn’t fully understand what had happened, but he knew his father wasn’t coming home.
The years that followed were difficult.
I had to relearn how to prepare meals, manage household chores, and handle everyday responsibilities from my wheelchair.
Eventually, I found a job working remotely with customer accounts.
The income wasn’t especially good, but it allowed me to support us without leaving home.
Money remained a constant concern.
Some months, I had to carefully decide which expenses could wait until my next paycheck.
When Caleb was younger, he occasionally asked why we couldn’t take vacations like his classmates.
I’d explain that we needed to be careful with money.
He would simply smile.
