I Was 29 and Single When I Fought to Keep Five Siblings Together. The Judge Asked Why, and My Answer Changed Everything.

‘Because people don’t know what to do when you tell them.

They say they’re sorry.

Then they want you to move on.

I moved on the only way I knew how.

I worked.’

She closed her notebook.

‘You don’t have to reveal every painful detail.

But the court may ask what drives this decision.