Years ago a friend shared with me that she wanted to get a divorce, leave her husband and two sons and become a poet. Everyone else we knew was telling her how brave she was. I told her she was making a huge mistake. That was the end of that friendship. I think she did go on to become a C list poet. Got published. Probably waiting tables now.
I don’t see why she could not be a poet and still have a family.
How did the kids turn out?