I don’t recall how or when I got this particular ornament, but I was 17 approaching 18 and it was the first Christmas spent with my now ex-husband. I’m pretty sure my life was full of hope and (false) promises, but I can’t recall those either. I know in the beginning he would bring me flowers, flowers pulled from someone else’s yard. In the end though, his mind was anywhere else and I was left in shards from losing my brother.
