My husband files for divorce, and my 6-year old son asks the judge: ‘May I show you something that Mom doesn’t know about, Your Honor?’ The judge nodded. When the video started, the entire courtroom froze in silence.

No one accused him of anything.

Before bed he asked whether the new house could have a rule.

“What rule?” I said.

“Nobody has to practice what to say,” he answered.

I promised him we could start there.

PART 24

Returning to accounting was not as simple as switching on an old computer.

Software had changed.