he fired me. I thought I’d lost everything—until the next day, when I got a call: my coworkers had heard about what happened and went on strike until I was reinstated. They refused to work unless justice was served. When I returned to the office, Mr. Clinton publicly apologized. He admitted,
his failure as both a boss and a father. I accepted the apology—not for him, but for the lesson he finally learned. Because dignity isn’t tied to a paycheck. And my son now knows he has a mother who will fight for him, no matter how powerful the people on the other side are.