My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…

at home, where we would write down things that made us anxious or upset, then seal them in a jar to be dealt with later. It was Lily’s idea, and it brought us both a sense of control over the things that still haunted us.

I was relieved, too, to see her start to reconnect with her classmates. The teasing from Toby had faded into the background, and continue reading …