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.
“Sometimes I am angry about what happened.
But being angry doesn’t have to decide what we do next.
We can make safe choices even while we have hard feelings.”
He asked whether he had caused the divorce by showing the video.
I put down the dish towel and knelt beside him.
“No,” I said.
“The adults made the choices that led us here.
You did not break our family by telling the truth.