I Married the Man I Grew Up with at the Orphanage – the Morning After Our Wedding, a Stranger Knocked and Turned Our Lives Upside Down
I married the guy I grew up with in an orphanage. The morning after our wedding, a stranger knocked on our door and said there was something I didn’t know about my husband. I’m Claire, 28, American, and I grew up in the system. By the time I was eight, I’d been through more foster homes than birthdays. Each move taught me one rule: don’t get attached. People say kids are “resilient,” but that’s a lie. We’re just fast packers, expert at not asking questions, masters at pretending the world