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

swam together for him, the numbers stood straight and orderly, always exactly where they belonged.

“I can do the multiplication at the new school,” Toby said, his voice halting but clear.

“I know you can,” I told him. “The teacher in Boston is going to let you use the math blocks whenever you want.”

“The big ones?” he asked, looking continue reading …