For seven years, I believed every overtime shift, every missed opportunity, and every sacrifice was helping my husband become a doctor. Then, on the morning of his final exam, a single photograph made me realize I’d been supporting a lie instead.
My mother always told me never to sacrifice my dreams for a man.
I spent seven years proving her wrong.
Or at least, I thought I was.
When Carter was accepted into medical school, I never hesitated.
“We’ll figure it out,” I told him as we stood in our tiny apartment, staring at the acceptance letter taped to the refrigerator.
“We?”
I laughed.
“Last time I checked, marriage meant we’re a team.”
He wrapped his arms around me.
“I’ll never forget this.”
I believed him.
I put my plans on hold before classes even started.
I’d been saving to finish my degree in graphic design, but tuition became textbooks.
My semester became his.
The internship I’d been excited about turned into another year at the insurance company because it offered health benefits and reliable overtime.
It was supposed to be temporary.
Seven years later, I was still there.
Medical school consumed everything.
Not just Carter’s life.
Mine too.
I worked full-time, picked up extra shifts whenever they were available, paid almost every bill, and learned exactly how to stretch one paycheck farther than I ever thought possible.
When Carter had exams, I handled everything else.
Laundry.
Groceries.
Cooking.
Cleaning.
Car repairs.
Insurance paperwork.
If something in our lives needed fixing, I fixed it.
I told myself it was an investment.
Someday, we’d look back on these years and laugh.
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