After my parents divorced when I was four, my dad promised nothing would change. But once he remarried Jane, who had three children of her own, I slowly faded from his world. Weekend visits turned into excuses involving his stepchildren’s activities. Concert plans were replaced by repainting Emma’s room, and he missed my hospital visit…
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