an arrangement that worked. I told them I could give Mondays and Wednesdays going forward, but they needed other coverage the rest of the week.
“Can we not make family into a rigid schedule?” he asked.
“You’ve already made one,” I said. “I’m telling you which parts I agreed to.”
Lucy asked the next afternoon whether I was angry with her parents. We were coloring together at the table. I told her grown-ups could love one another and still need different rules. She accepted that and chose another crayon. I
