Ashley Boyson

I just remember thinking, like, there's no way this is my one answer. I said, I just needed something to fix, not break my entire life and break my family and leave these kids fatherless.

I just remember thinking, like, there's no way this is my one answer. I said, I just needed something to fix, not break my entire life and break my family and leave these kids fatherless.

It was sparks right away with Emmett and I. We both just connected on so many levels and similarities, and we were kind of inseparable.

It was sparks right away with Emmett and I. We both just connected on so many levels and similarities, and we were kind of inseparable.

I wasn't surprised at all. Like six weeks in, we just started talking about our future and it wasn't like an option to not have a future together.

I wasn't surprised at all. Like six weeks in, we just started talking about our future and it wasn't like an option to not have a future together.

I remember during law school just almost feeling this, we gotta make this work. I mean, he was busy most of the time, and I was in the depths of motherhood, but I never saw it as a burden. I was just like, this is what we're doing, and we're just gonna get through this, and then life together will start, really.

I remember during law school just almost feeling this, we gotta make this work. I mean, he was busy most of the time, and I was in the depths of motherhood, but I never saw it as a burden. I was just like, this is what we're doing, and we're just gonna get through this, and then life together will start, really.

It was kind of a, we have to push through this school time, and then it's all gonna be amazing.

It was kind of a, we have to push through this school time, and then it's all gonna be amazing.

And he always wanted to have friends over and parties and cook food for everybody. And he'd even invite like everyone from our church over and we'd have this huge pig roast. He just was a connector and never wanted anyone to feel alone. He was an only child. and just always wanted to be surrounded by people. And he just loved people, and people loved him.

And he always wanted to have friends over and parties and cook food for everybody. And he'd even invite like everyone from our church over and we'd have this huge pig roast. He just was a connector and never wanted anyone to feel alone. He was an only child. and just always wanted to be surrounded by people. And he just loved people, and people loved him.

When he said, I've got a job in Boise, let's move to Boise, I had some doubts. And I'll tell you the main reason why is he grew up here and knew a lot of people and also during his high school years made a lot of really bad choices. And I was like, I don't know if I want to move to the place where you had rough patches in your life. I kind of want to get a fresh start somewhere else.

When he said, I've got a job in Boise, let's move to Boise, I had some doubts. And I'll tell you the main reason why is he grew up here and knew a lot of people and also during his high school years made a lot of really bad choices. And I was like, I don't know if I want to move to the place where you had rough patches in your life. I kind of want to get a fresh start somewhere else.

But this literally was the only option and we ended up moving here.

But this literally was the only option and we ended up moving here.

It was kind of one of those, like, you drew up your life when you were a kid and now you have it. You're pregnant with your second boy. You have the white picket fence. Your husband has this amazing job, this amazing career. And yet I just kept feeling this like, is something not right? So it was a very torn time. Like I was living my dreams and internally something fell off a lot.

It was kind of one of those, like, you drew up your life when you were a kid and now you have it. You're pregnant with your second boy. You have the white picket fence. Your husband has this amazing job, this amazing career. And yet I just kept feeling this like, is something not right? So it was a very torn time. Like I was living my dreams and internally something fell off a lot.

It had gotten to the point where he hardly was home. He was always running to the jail. He was always meeting with clients. Or he wasn't coming home, and I didn't know why a lot. And I wanted my family. I wanted my marriage. I wanted back the man who I fell in love with and who I loved. And whatever it was, we were going to face it together, and that was kind of my mindset.

It had gotten to the point where he hardly was home. He was always running to the jail. He was always meeting with clients. Or he wasn't coming home, and I didn't know why a lot. And I wanted my family. I wanted my marriage. I wanted back the man who I fell in love with and who I loved. And whatever it was, we were going to face it together, and that was kind of my mindset.