How do I trust her to keep to her word? How should I feel right now?Ī: You’re giving your kids the skill of giving people what they actually want or need, not what you want to have or what society says they should have. But she went against our deal! She could have been home an hour earlier every night this year if she hadn’t done this project, and when I think back on all the times she’s been tired or grumpy in the past year, I now blame the book (even though it could have just been caring for a newborn). I feel so many things right now it’s hard to be mad at someone when they casually tell you your son’s college education is now paid for, and her lunch hour is technically hers to do as she wishes. She got a great idea for a new novel, wrote it secretly during her lunch break at work, and sold it for $100,000. When we had our first child last year, we agreed that she would pause her writing career-something had to go with a new baby at home.Įxcept, it turns out she didn’t pause it. My wife wrote a secret book: My wife is an accomplished author who also holds down a fulltime job in an unrelated field, mostly for the benefits. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Jenée Desmond-Harris is online weekly to chat live with readers.
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