THE DAY A STRANGER SHAMED ME IN PUBLIC—AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT CHANGED EVERYTHING
At the supermarket, I was juggling bags and my crying 7-year-old when a woman began filming me. As I walked out, she said, “People like you shouldn’t have kids.” I froze—until I saw my son trying to stop crying so I wouldn’t be embarrassed. I didn’t yell. I just pulled him into a hug in…