My Son Invited My Ex-Husband Home, So I Cut Him Out of My Life

On the day the house was to be signed over, my son sent me a message.

"Mom, in a little while I'm going to bring Dad over too. The three of us can be a family again, just like before."

He couldn't hide the excitement in his voice. But my chest gave a sudden, hard twist.

"I divorced your father more than twenty years ago."

He sighed. "Mom, now I've got to say something. You're too proud. You hold on to things too hard."

"Dad was wrong to cheat back then, sure. But if you'd been willing to swallow a little of your pride, wouldn't I have had a whole family?"