My Mother Testified That I Couldn’t Keep a Job—Then the Chief Justice Asked One Question That Changed Everything

that courtroom. “Sometimes,” I admitted. “But mostly I help families figure out how to take care of each other better.

I help make sure kids are safe and loved.”

“Like you take care of me,” Tyler said with the simple logic of an eight-year-old. “Exactly like that.”

My mother approached hesitantly, her earlier confidence completely gone. Her eyes were continue reading …