The Day I Left My Marriage and Saved a Lizard on a Leash

The lizard and I had more in common than I thought

Photo by TL Strot on Unsplash

So, it has come to this, I thought, eye to eye with the lizard. It was palm-sized and frightened, a noose of floss tightening against its tiny throat.

The kids were frightened, too, and eerily still, just like the lizard. “Mom, what are we going to do?”