Lucas gradually stopped checking the bedroom door every night to confirm his mother was there.

He began inviting friends over again.

He planted sunflowers along the back fence and insisted on measuring them every Sunday.

By early summer, the tallest plant reached his shoulder.

He was delighted.

I returned to work full-time and changed how I ran my construction crew.

If an inspection report was unclear, I insisted on a second assessment.

If a worker voiced a concern, I asked for details before saying a problem was impossible.