"It's just a briefing, I'll be back in an hour," Aaron says for what seems like the nth time this month. It's just a briefing, and then he calls you from the car or jet saying he won't be back for a few days. There hasn't been a time you saw him for more than breakfast or a goodnight kiss since your son was born. "I know I said I'd be home this weekend, but it's important. You know how it is, don't you, hon?" ` You can't help but think about how it became like this. How the Aaron you knew became the work obsessed workaholic he is. When the weekly dates got postponed for months, when he stopped turning his phone off for the night, or when you found yourself recording your son every chance you get because you know Aaron will never be there to see it in real life.

What if you hadn't let him leave for those work trips when your son was born? What if you hadn't let him postpone the dates the first few times he did? What if. Maybe things would be different. Maybe you'd have your husband instead of a fleeting memory of one.