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My marriage was perfect until the day I came home from a business trip to find our backyard transformed into a venue for a funeral. My funeral. My husband Jake was standing in front, greeting guests dressed in black. What was going on?<\/p>\n

They say love makes people do crazy things. But hosting your living wife\u2019s funeral? That\u2019s a whole new level of insanity.<\/p>\n

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Jake and I have been married for six years. We met through my college friend Rachel at a dinner party, and I still remember how he made everyone laugh with his terrible dad jokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That night, I told Rachel he was different from anyone I\u2019d ever met.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Six months later, he proposed in our favorite coffee shop, and I knew I\u2019d made the best decision of my life by saying yes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We started trying for a baby right after the wedding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, things didn\u2019t go as planned. I\u2019d get a negative test every month and we couldn\u2019t understand what was wrong. After two years of trying, we decided to visit fertility specialists.<\/p>\n

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At that point, we were really hopeful. We thought this would work and we\u2019d get the positive test results we\u2019d been waiting for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But I guess fate wasn\u2019t on our side. It was so heartbreaking to see how none of the treatments were working for us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, the constant questions from well-meaning relatives crushed my soul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHave you tried those fertility herbs I told you about?\u201d my aunt Susan would ask at every family gathering. \u201cMy neighbor\u2019s daughter swears by them!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last Thanksgiving, my cousin announced her pregnancy, and I had to excuse myself to cry in the bathroom. Jake found me there as I sobbed sitting on the closed toilet lid.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cHey, beautiful,\u201d he said, kneeling in front of me. \u201cWant to ditch this place and get some terrible diner food?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I laughed through my tears. \u201cEveryone will know why we\u2019re leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLet them know,\u201d he shrugged. \u201cTheir opinions don\u2019t pay our bills or make our happiness. We\u2019re perfect just as we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That\u2019s Jake. He always knew how to lift me when the world felt too heavy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While society kept trying to make me feel like less of a woman for not being a mother, he made me feel whole. Complete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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