Chapter 3
The Long Walk Home
Instead of calling his wife to come get him, George decided to walk home the two or so miles from the repair shop. He walked more today than he had in several years, but at this point he didn’t feel like talking to anyone, especially his wife. Car in the repair shop for two weeks, he thought. What else could go wrong? He was near his breaking point. Just last night his wife had told him she was unhappy in their marriage and that George’s negativity was making the entire family miserable. She had given him an ultimatum. Change or it was over. It wasn’t the first of their marital problems and certainly it wasn’t the first time she had told George he was negative. But now it was real and he didn’t want to lose the woman he loved. He knew she loved him, too, but, as she had said no matter how much she loved him, she wouldn’t live with someone who made her life so miserable.
He vowed to change but for the first time in his life he was at a loss. He felt like his life was spinning out of control and he couldn’t do anything to stop it. He had always been able to fix every problem and rise to every occasion to meet any challenge, especially in his marriage, yet now he felt truly powerless. As if his life was being lived by someone else while he watched it unravel. That night he had yelled to the heavens asking for help and had woken up with a flat tire. Some ...