Finn would decide when and how to talk about hard experiences.

She wasn’t going to make him relive memories just because the adults wanted a tidy story.

“You can help by keeping routines steady,” she said.

“Meals, school, sleep, small promises.

And by letting him have feelings that don’t make sense to you.”

There were lots of those.

Finn missed his mom, then got angry whenever her name came up.

He asked if Dwight had been sent away because he was a bad boy.