Why I Loved Rediscovering My Ex-Husband

by Carolyn See

“It’s Carolyn, Tom. Do you remember me?”

“Yeah,” he said in his familiar, endearing, forever cranky voice. “What do you want?”

We talked that night about our children, our parents, our childhoods, our long, crazy trips across Mexico. There were plenty of things he did remember. “One thing I’ve always been lucky in is my women,” he said. “I’ve had three great wives.”

“We had a lot of fun,” I said.

“And I’m sorry I had such a bad temper!”