Seeing Them With New Eyes
That night at dinner, I watched them differently. Not as children I needed to monitor every second, but as young people figuring out how to show up in the world.
They talked about school. About books. About ideas. I realized how easy it is to underestimate teenagers, especially when fear takes the lead.
I had gone down that hallway with my heart full of worry.
I walked away with something else entirely.
Pride.
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