My father stood up at the lake house dinner and raised his glass in fr…

us.

“It meant when something hurt, the problem was my reaction. Not the thing that caused it.”

Dr. Heck wrote something in her notebook.

Then she said, “How long have you known that?”

“A long time.”

“And now?”

I looked toward the window. Outside, traffic moved slowly along the street. A man in a Steelers hoodie carried two coffees from the shop on the corner.continue reading …