notice him, something changed.
Nicole realized she couldn’t remember the last time she had truly looked at her son without a phone between them or an argument happening nearby.
She and Brad had been struggling for a long time.
They believed Ethan was too young to understand.
He understood everything.
The family had started counseling.
Ethan was seeing someone individually as well.
The counselor asked him to draw a person who had made him feel safe.
He drew Owen.
Because he didn’t know Owen’s name, Ethan called him “the Spider-Man shirt guy.”
Brad had started counseling too.
For the first time, he talked about his own childhood and the father who had treated him harshly.
Nicole didn’t know whether their marriage would survive.
But she said things were changing.
Brad put his phone away when spending time with Ethan.
Nicole made an effort to truly listen.
And Ethan was sleepin
