As He Sleeps

In sickness and in health should marriage really be an unconditional partnership that should never be broken Christina in her 30s is married to Hector a husband whos paralyzed and therefore physically incompetent to consummate their marriage She wants to liberate herself from a sexless union Her needs as a woman are unfulfilled But her love for Hector and her commitment to him coupled with the dictates of her faith and marital vows and her sympathy and care for her husband keeps her in cage of marriage where she suffers in melancholic solitude yet contemplates on freedom and rediscovering her true worth Written by Lilit Reyes