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

He thought about that and nodded.

‘Do you have a night-light?’

‘Not yet.’

‘Eli needs one.

A blue one.’

I wrote BLUE NIGHT-LIGHT in enormous letters on the back of the court packet.

Lucas watched me do it.

This time, he almost smiled.