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My Husband Insisted I Host His Friends While I Was Recovering in a Neck Brace, Until His Mother Walked Through the Door
The reason I am wearing it is simple and painful to admit.
My husband could not put his phone down at a red light.
How Everything Changed in an Instant
Two weeks ago, we were driving home from Emma’s pediatric appointment. She had just received her routine shots and was crying in the back seat. I was turned halfway around, balancing the diaper bag, trying to soothe her and get her pacifier back in place.
Jake was supposed to be focused on the road.
Instead, his phone glowed in the cup holder. He was laughing at something on the screen, tapping away with one hand while barely keeping the car steady with the other.
I remember saying, calmly but firmly, “Hey, the light’s changing.”
