I Found My Daughter’s Note in Her Wet Backpack After I Picked Her Up From Her Dad’s — and Realized That Night Wasn’t the First

“You were never crazy, sweetie,” I said.

“But you used to think I was overreacting,” she said.

Not cruelly.

Just truly.

And I did not defend myself, because she was right, and because she had earned the truth from me.

“I did,” I said.