The Wake Up

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

In the crackling silence that followed, he realized he had said the wrong thing. He should have said, “No, Livie. Don’t go.” But the idea of spending the evening alone—not affronted, not on thin ice, unguarded—felt positively compelling to Aiden. Something he would have actively sought had he realized he was within his rights to want it.

Yep

You hope for the best for your kids. You want them to be happy, and you want to feel close to them and help them. So when you see them moving in what you think is a good direction, or think you see it, you hope. You hope wildly. And, as a result, having a child tends to mean getting your heart broken on a regular basis. It takes courage to hope for something you know you might not get. But the alternative is not to believe in your child or hope for great things for him. So I’m a big fan of the heartbreak method

yes