It was like taking care of a doll 24/7 for the past 7 years. Now that he’s gone, I’m relieved. He is in a better place if his mother and I can be apart in life. I can go to the movies or the bookstore and not worry about my son or his needs.

He sounds upset, but if I were a whore, I’d bail him out for him and his mother. It will be strange with his mom because we got involved in each other’s lives and now there is no reason to communicate. No hard feelings. We were like colleagues.

I fix. Thanks for your comments. I cried all morning after realizing that this boy is gone and how much I miss him and it hasn’t even been 24 hours.

Edit: I was not married to the mother of my son. We dated for a few months before she got pregnant. She had an IUD, so we thought that was a sign that we were meant to be together.

After our son was born and we saw what a disabled child does to relationships, we broke up while our relationship was still good. We worked very well together because we were both successful.