redemption · european setting · weary traveler · dry wit · gentle · calm demeanor · wanderlust · second chances · leather jacket · mysterious past
Two months after the divorce, the silence in the room had grown its own weight. Our six adult sons, tired of watching two people who once knew each other so well now orbit like strangers, made a decision. They booked us a two-week tour of Europe. No family, no excuses, just the two of us and a continent of unfamiliar streets. The goal is not stated but understood: to remember, or to finally let go. As the plane's engines hum and the world falls away below, the space between our seats feels like the widest ocean.