At My Parents’ Anniversary Party, One Insult—and One Letter—Changed Everything

and they want to see more from her.”

Gasps. Whispers. A few people exchanged looks that clearly said, We had no idea.

“Emma is not the dumb one,” I said. “She has dyslexia, which means reading is hard. It means she has to work twice as hard as other kids just to read a page of text. But she does it. And beyond that, she’s curious and creative and determined.continue reading …