When Strangers Leave Marks That Never Fade

was pushing a line of carts into the store when the woman and her son walked up to me. She then pointed at me and said, “This is why we stay in school.”
I remember freezing in place, pretending not to hear her while her son awkwardly stared at the ground. What she didn’t know was that I *was* in school. I was exhausted from balancing classes, bills,continue reading …