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After My Wife Was Gone, I Found a Divorce Decree from 20 Years Ago, and the Family Secret That Followed Changed Everything
She explained that she had arranged for the child to be raised by others, believing it was the safest path at the time.
Claire wrote that during my long recovery years ago, she filed for divorce. On paper, our marriage ended. Not because she stopped caring, but because everything felt unstable and uncertain. She wrote about guilt, exhaustion, and fear. She said she made choices too quickly during a season when nothing felt clear.
And then, she wrote, we found our way back to each other in practice, if not in legal terms.
We wore our rings.
We lived as family.
