Hello/Goodbye

I saw my husband’s family last night for the first time since all of this began. It was a good time – the kids trick-or-treated, we ate, we talked, we laughed, my father-in-law took pictures; it was normal and comforting. I felt like I belonged, yet that there was a big elephant in the room that no one dared to speak of. When my husband’s parents left I hugged them goodbye and part of me wondered if it was my final goodbye to the two of them. As much as they are disgusted with my husband’s actions they are his parents and they will not turn their backs on their son, nor would I ever expect or want them to. It is odd how people who were once so integral in your life can suddenly become people whom you simply send a Christmas card to once a year.