Great-Grandma’s Second Chance

Respect your husband.

By the time she was eighteen, my great-grandmother’s future had already been decided for her.

There was no romantic proposal, no secret courtship, and no long conversation about the kind of life she hoped to build. Her family arranged her marriage to a man twenty-five years older than she was. To everyone around her, it seemed practical and respectable.

To her, it must have felt like being handed a life that belonged to someone else.

On the morning of her wedding, older women moved around her, adjusting her dress and offering familiar advice.

“Be patient.”

“Respect your husband.”

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