Staring back at me from the mirror was a woman I barely recognized – Madison, once vibrant and full of life, now overshadowed by the woman who came before me in my husband Michael’s life. Our love story began like a fairy tale, but the discovery of his past relationship with Charlotte, a woman who seemed to be everything I wasn’t, filled me with jealousy and sorrow. This is the story of how I faced the ghost of Michael’s past, only to realize that some battles leave you forever changed.