“Dad… My Back Hurts So Bad I Can’t Sleep. Mom Told Me Not to Tell You.” I Had Just Walked In From a Business Trip
Did not make me present on the nights I had been in another city.
What they did was end one argument.
Sarah stopped asking everyone else to participate in minimizing what happened.
That gave change somewhere solid to begin.
My own change required different words.
I had to say:
“I traveled too much.”
Not:
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