On the Way to a Family Reunion I Suddenly Knew Something Was Wrong and Told My Husband to Turn Around

questions about custody and school. One relative kept saying no, no, no under her breath. Clare answered the hard questions before I had to. At one point Janet said I sounded stronger than she had heard me in years.

“I had to become stronger,” I said.

Nobody argued with that.

Tyler went to counseling. Emma stopped waking up crying after a few weeks. Noah continue reading …