My Teacher Threw My Report About My Marine Dad’s Dog in the Trash and Made Me Apologize—Then Scout Walked Into Our Classroom
She didn’t want to forget what happened.
But she didn’t want the note to become something she had to read every night either.
She opened the top drawer of her dresser.
Inside were old birthday cards, a bracelet, a photograph, and a collection of small things she’d kept because they belonged to particular memories.
She placed the yellow note beneath the birthday cards.
Then closed the drawer.
The next morning, she didn’t check it.