\u201cOkay,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
My voice felt steadier than I expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen call them. Book the earliest date.\u201d<\/p>\n
My husband stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do it,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
The boy\u2019s fingers tightened around mine.<\/p>\n
Standing there beside his bed, surrounded by drawings and a box of tiny paper stars, something inside me finally shifted.<\/p>\n
Kindness isn\u2019t about DNA.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t about how long someone has been in your life.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about showing up when it really counts.<\/p>\n
And it took a nine-year-old boy\u2014folding paper stars through pain and hope\u2014to teach me that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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