I’d see people ask why she was late instead of asking if the ramp was safe.

It made me feel like nobody was listening.”

That was a harder answer to address than the money.

Owen and I had taught him to save, to tell the truth, to treat people fairly.

Apparently he had listened more closely to the last lesson than the first two.

“You were listening,” I told him.

“That matters.

But there are adults whose responsibility it is to make a school accessible.