She Collapsed in Front of Her Students—But One Boy’s Handheld Promise Changed Everything
The night I collapsed between chalk dust and winter boots, a child I once taught to sound out “hope” held my hand and kept me here. I used to tell my third graders that reading is a kind of rescue. “A book,” I’d say, tapping the spine, “is a boat you can climb into when […]
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