Rachel used it to offer a place to rest.

Two weeks later, Hailey returned to preschool on a shortened schedule.

The teacher greeted her without making the injury the center of attention.

Hailey chose to show her friends a drawing of a rainbow, not the bandage that had recently come off.

That afternoon she came home carrying a paper crown.

“What are you queen of?” I asked.

“Everything,” she said.

“That’s a lot of responsibility.”