Michelle Hiskey: The signs of Rob and Karen Byers' marriage have been bleak the past three months.
He's been living apart from her and their 1-year-old son.
"I made a big mistake," he says of what led to their separate homes in Decatur.
They've been married for 11 years, college friends for a decade before. They were the quiet pair who always hung back at parties.
He's 38 and still in his head too much.
She's 39, angry and confused by him, long wanting more emotion from him.
In an effort to come home, he dreamed up something really big.
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