Be A Man

He was told to be a man.

Curtis Welsh thought that meant being responsible, sacrificing for his family, protecting the people he loved, and never admitting when something was breaking him.

At twenty-three, he gives up the military future he had worked toward to become the primary caregiver for his children. His wife builds a career. He builds a home. Slowly, almost invisibly, he loses access to money, decisions, friendships, work, identity, and finally his own sense of reality.

When Curtis tri...