"I don't want you to be alone."

The day my husband told me he was no longer in love with me, I asked why he had waited so long to admit it. 

He said, "Because without me, you'll be alone, and I don't want you to be alone."

Ever since that night, I have made every effort to be okay with just my son and me. But those words still ring in my ears in the middle of the night when I am alone.