“That doesn’t mean you did anything wrong.”

I wanted him to understand that enjoying a promise had not made him responsible for the plan behind it.

He could miss his father without needing to defend the signatures or explain the accounts.

Those belonged to adults.

We put the nature center permission slip beside his lunch box so I would remember to sign it.

The next morning, he reminded me before I remembered myself.

I thanked him, read the page, and signed the actual line.