Emma Signed Over Her Kitchen Island to Keep Toby Safe in Massachusetts

it is ready for the long road.”

He smiled slightly, the first real smile I had seen on his face since we packed the kitchen island.

“I like the blue car,” he said. “Even if it is loud.”

Toby had three green spiral notebooks filled with long columns of addition and subtraction, all written in his neat, tiny handwriting. While the letters on the page often continue reading …