Before bedtime, Gloria asked Finn if he would like her to read him a story.

He brought over his dinosaur book and climbed up next to her on the couch.

Halfway through, he dozed off with his hand curled around the tail of the stuffed lizard he had named Rig.

I stood in the doorway and watched a familiar kind of peace come back into my house, one small choice after another.

PART 6

Howard Landry was the lawyer who took on our custody case.

He wore simple shirts, carried a beat-up briefcase, and asked his questions in a voice that made telling the truth feel easy.