I Was Holding My Son’s T-Shirt When His Teacher Called And Said He Had Left Something Behind

herself how she missed it. “I don’t know how long it had been there. I’m so sorry it took me this long.”

“Don’t apologize,” I said, though I wasn’t sure I was saying it to her so much as to the general situation.

She took me to a small room off the main hallway — a conference room with a rectangular table, two chairs, and a window that looked out toward continue reading …