"I don’t know who this lady is... she waved at him and he made his way up to her. I thought their interaction would be the same as last time but I was wrong. "
"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
When this kid threatened Drew over and over in every class they have together. The school did nothing. Not once has the school ever punished the kid that has threatened and bullied Drew over and over.
"I asked God ‘Why my son?’ and God said to me ‘I gave you my son,’ I can stand here with little tears and little sadness, no stigma about how our son went to God."
"I watched the expressions change on the teacher’s faces. After he punched the boy, I took him for ice cream. It is my job as his parent not to stomp out his fire but to teach him to use it for good."