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.
Noah laughed again.
The moment loosened, as difficult moments sometimes do when a child is allowed to be a child.
I did not become a different person because a judge listened.
I became myself again through smaller choices: asking for help, correcting a mistake, going back to work, setting a boundary, making breakfast, showing up for a school play.
The law gave us a process.
Evidence gave that process something solid to hold.
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