A Family Rewritten
Healing didn’t happen overnight. But it did happen.
Carol began therapy. She asked questions. She listened. She started showing up—not as a critic, but as a learner. The kids were cautious at first, and Max never strayed far from their sides.
Then one day, Lily handed Carol a drawing.
It was Max, drawn like a superhero, standing between her and a dark storm cloud labeled “scary.”
Carol’s hands trembled.
“You were scared of me?” she asked.
Lily nodded, then added, “But Max made it okay.”
