"Fatherless"

  “I can’t do this anymore. I can’t take care of you and the boys. It’s just too much stress.” My father was yelling at my mother through tears while my mother just sat there unable to talk through hers. She let him walk out without a fight, without trying to stop him. He walked out and didn't come back. He didn't say where he was going or how he was going to get there. He just left. And that was it.