At My Son’s Celebration, My Sister-in-Law Took the Microphone

little hand still gripped those note cards, bent now at the corners from how tightly he’d been holding them.

He turned to me first.

Then to Daniel.

Then back to the room like he wasn’t sure where to put his face.

The headmaster lifted the page again.

“And there is one more detail.”

Nicole sat down so fast her chair scraped.

The headmaster said, “Mason also continue reading …