The only thing Karter wanted in life was a wife, kids, “the dream” some would call it. When he met Peggy, he thought he had found the first piece. She was fun to be around. She made him laugh, they both wanted the same things out of life, and made his future look bright. Unfortunately, the lights on the dream quickly began to dim after the wedding. As he reflects on how he got to where he is, how it all happened he remembers the good times but now he can see the red flags that he refused to see and moved to the side in the beginning. She was exactly who she had shown herself to be but like so many people in love with love he was blind and wouldn’t see the trainwreck coming… until it hit. Her attitude evolves, her inability to raise their children with love and piece, her “only me” reality is just not real. Eventually, Peggy’s psychological abuse turns physical with Karter. Even in these moments as she degrades him, he still loves her, still tries to make it work, but it is in his reflection that he realizes he has to make a difficult decision for his sons. Does he stay and try to get back to who he believes they had once been or does he take his sons and try to start over? Sometimes the most difficult decision is the one you didn’t have the knowledge to make the first time around.
