Owen would eventually grow old enough to find this one.

I cared more about what he might learn from it than what any audience thought now.

I wrote a private account instead.

I described the price of oatmeal, the ache in my feet, the shame of putting cheese back, and the exact moment I decided Grant could keep his money.

I wrote about Vincent apologizing when I challenged him, because accepting an apology after setting a boundary mattered more than his dramatic entrance.

I saved the account next to Owen’s birth photographs.