My in-laws sent my 6-year-old daughter a cute brown teddy bear for her birthday. She smiled for a second, then suddenly froze and asked, “Mommy, what is it?

“misguided concern.”

The judge looked down over her glasses.

“Misguided concern does not require hidden recording equipment,” she said.

I remember that clearly.

I also remember Margaret turning her head to stare at me after the judge said it, as if I had somehow put those words into the judge’s mouth.

A protective order was issued that day. Margaret and continue reading …