I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

Saint Jude learned.

Not perfectly.

Institutions rarely transform cleanly.

But enough procedures changed that Garrett stopped feeling compelled to become the procedure himself.

And at home?

The same thing happened.

Our family stopped depending on Claire swallowing every concern because Garrett was tired.

Stopped depending on Garrett deciding what was safe for everyone.