“I just want you to know that you haven’t actually done anything wrong. Just remember that eventually you will be loved, I promise,” I say. “And…I want you to know how powerful you are. Your vigilance. Your diplomacy. You are only a small child, but you are the nucleus that keeps this family together. With or without you, these two toxic adults would be fundamentally unhappy. But you make them less unhappy, if anything. Their grief is not your fault.”
