The Leadership in Letting Go

My parents were going through a very violent divorce. But one week my mom would take him back, the next week he would have to be gone. And so it got to the point that I started to defend my mother physically whenever she. I was always with her, always protecting her, always trying to be there to support her. So when my dad came home, I remember one time he said to her, you need to make a choice. Do you want your son or do you want me? Right? And I mean, that hurt. Right? Because I'm Roy Wattis Jr. I carry his name. Right? And I said, you know what, Mom? I said, you don't have to make a choice. I'll leave.