A Thousand Miles to Find My Husband, All for Nothing

Ten years ago he said he was heading south to start a business, to build a better future for me and our child. For ten years, our lives never improved much, but I bore it gladly. Effort doesn't equal success. I understood that well, and my heart ached for how hard things were for him. This summer, wanting to surprise him, I didn't tell him in advance and set out on a thousand-mile journey to find my husband.