Empty Lap

"Joe and I had been forthright about children. I was pretty sure I wanted them, Joe was pretty sure he didn''t. Since we each perceived in the other some room for movement, the difference didn''t worry us. Then priorities shifted, needs changed...."
In her late thirties, journalist Jill Smolowe''s life and career at Time magazine was on track. Her husband, Joe, was still her most trusted confidan...