{"id":80,"date":"2024-06-21T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:50:45","slug":"my-wife-left-me-and-our-son-when-he-was-a-baby-calling-him-a-burden-her-recent-message-made-me-go-pale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/my-wife-left-me-and-our-son-when-he-was-a-baby-calling-him-a-burden-her-recent-message-made-me-go-pale\/","title":{"rendered":"My Wife Left Me and Our Son When He Was a Baby, Calling Him a \u2018Burden\u2019 \u2013 Her Recent Message Made Me Go Pale"},"content":{"rendered":"
I glanced around the living room, cluttered with Aiden\u2019s toys and medical equipment. Vanessa\u2019s words from that morning echoed painfully.\n
\u201cI can\u2019t do this anymore, James. I need my life back.\u201d\n
\u201cWhat are you saying?\u201d I had asked, stunned.\n
\u201cAiden\u2026 I love him, but he\u2019s a burden. I want out.\u201d\n
\u201cHe\u2019s our son!\u201d My voice had cracked.\n
But she\u2019d already made up her mind. She packed her bags and left without looking back. That day, I became both mother and father to Aiden.\n
\u201cHey, buddy, you want to play with the blocks?\u201d I called out to Aiden, who was in his wheelchair by the window. His bright eyes sparkled, and he gave a big smile.\n
\u201cDada, blocks!\u201d he giggled, his hands flapping in excitement.\n
I set the blocks in front of him and watched as he tried to stack them with his limited mobility. It was moments like these that gave me strength.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I glanced around the living room, cluttered with Aiden\u2019s toys and medical equipment. Vanessa\u2019s words from that morning echoed painfully. \u201cI can\u2019t do this anymore, James. I… \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n