Ernest Hemingway once said, “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
To write “the truest sentence that you know,” just one sentence, is a huge amount of pressure.
But my sentence? Right this very second?
You should never, ever be made to feel bad about being good.
And that sentence, of course, can be interpreted into a million different ways. And will mean different things to different people.
But what I know to be true … is that I am doing my darnedest to raise good children. Children who go out of their way for others without hesitation. Children who have good hearts. Hearts that anyone is lucky to know.
And I will be darned if anyone is going to make them feel bad or upset because they do the right thing.
There is a kid in Nick’s class that was being picked on. Left out. Singled out.
And my son. My son with the good heart. Made friends with that kid. Went out of his way for him. Included him. Befriended him.
And now?
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