My Daughter Bought Sneakers for a Classmate and the Next Day the School Called Me in Urgently

He wore the sneakers every day for months, until they were scuffed and dirty and loved in the particular way that children love things they wear until the wearing itself becomes the object’s history. They sat together at lunch. They drew robots together during free period. On weekends sometimes Caleb came over and they played in the yard, and I watched continue reading …