My Children Disowned Me At Christmas, So I Gave Them An Envelope. The Next Day, I Woke Up To 67 Missed Calls

Delegating the problem to counsel

I didn’t feel a spike of anger or a need to reply to his accusations. I simply tapped the forward arrow and typed in the address of my high-powered attorney.

I added a brief note instructing him to handle any future communications from my children. He was paid a retainer to deal with exactly this kind of harassment.

I hit send, confident that David was about to face a legal wall he couldn’t climb.