My Husband Filed for Divorce and Called Me an Unfit Mother—Then Our 8-Year-Old Son Asked the Judge to See What He Had Hidden in His Teddy Bear

He thought.

“Then something good came from it.”

I shook my head.

“Something good came after it.”

“What’s the difference?”

“A big one.”

I did not want him believing harm had been necessary to create growth.

We can build meaning after terrible events without pretending the events were gifts.

PART 38 — THE FOUNDATION I DID NOT START

For a while, people suggested I create a nonprofit for women in high-conflict divorces.