Custody grief is a calendar problem that bleeds. People want blame because blame is tidier than grief. The house sounds like a place pretending to be neutral. There are nights I am relieved and devastated in alternating minutes. The handoff parking lot holds more fury than any courtroom speech could. I am grieving a family shape even on the days I know leaving was right. The house sounds like a place pretending to be neutral.
For the family calendar I still open