“What bugs me is the possibility that she weighed the responsibility for a special needs child to her upcoming career plans, and chose the latter.”
That statement really strikes home to me for my wife and son had myotonic dystrophy and for 35 years I never left her side nor his until she died and he became an invalid and had to go to a nursing home.
Why did I do this? The answer is very simple...when I got married I seriously took the oath “to have and to hold until death do you part.” An oath that is “outdated” today.
Shame on the bitch for she abandoned her husband and stepchild who needed her support, love and help.
Kudos to you. Not every last person is made of the ‘right stuff.’
We are currently observing a family member who is doing her best with an ill husband, and she simply cannot do much of the ‘hard stuff.’
Thankfully, there’s a few family members giving her a hand.