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Re him, as it did, that everyone was human

And no one’s life was perfect

“DO I SCARE YOU, Levi?” Theto stay with hi to be there—Levi had begun to shrink in on himself

There was no other way for her to describe the reaction His shoulders hunched slightly as he kept his cast close to his stomach “No ’Course not,” the little boy said, that softened r grabbing at her

It was okay for her to care about the children They could never have too much love Or so she’d told herself on those times when the professional boundaries she had to keep didn’t quite dis

“You want to put this together with me?” The twenty-five-piece teddy bear puzzle was probably too easy for hi not only by what Mara, his preschool teacher, had relayed about hiht before

She sat on the floor with hi each piece in place without hesitation

When he’d finished, she handed him another equally easy puzzle She wanted his concentration

“I need the box,” he said

“What box?”

“For the other puzzle” T

hat r again He was pointing to the teddy bear puzzle he’d just completed She’d expected him to leave that and do the second one Instead, he cleaned up the first one beforeto the next “Miss Mara says you have to pick up one before you can bring out a other,” he told her

“You do a lot of puzzles at school?”

“Uh-uh” He shook his head, not looking up from his task

“Where’d you learn to do them so well, then?”