she considered too weak to manage hers.
And the woman Vivian had spent years accusing of dependence turned out to be the only person in the family who had never needed to steal somebody else’s choices to feel powerful.
Vivian had been right about one thing.
Values really do start early.
Which is why, whenever Sophie asks about the little white apron hanging in our kitchen now, Lauren gives her the only lesson that matters.
She kneels beside our daughter, looks her directly in the eyes, and says:
“You can
