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

‘Are we going in different cars today?’

My stomach tightened.

‘Not if we can help it.’

He held my gaze in a way no six-year-old should have to.

‘But what if they tell us we have to?’

I crouched in front of him.

‘Then Victoria and I will ask them to think again.

We will tell them what matters to you.