Because of what my wife started

Because of what my wife started, her ailing mother cannot stay in our home. My mother was sick, and I wanted to bring her home. My wife refused. “Doesn’t she have a house? take her there.” At first I thought it was one of those reactions that would soften with time. You know how people say no first, then later they agree. But no. As the days went by, she grew colder. She moved around the house like I was not there. At night she turned her back to me, no words, nothing.

My wife did not lift a finger to help. I only know that after that, I developed a deep anger towards my wife even the children. They vexed me more than anything. I had to take a pause, because of where it was going. Grief was trying to turn me into a bitter person.

I was working on it, until two months later. When the same disease that struck my mom, struck her down too. She wants to bring her mother into our home, but she simply can’t.