This is rough, and, This is hard. I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a TRM, I tell him. You make a mess. It’s okay. You just have to try harder next time. I am trying hard, Dad says. I know. You get a sticker.
I think this is a really important part--throughout the book, others are telling Caitlin that she needs to put herself in others' shoes and develop some empathy, but here she's pointing out a way someone else could empathize with her.
