“Don’t bury her—that’s not her in the coffin!” a little girl cries out at a Chicago funeral, stopping everything as a shocking truth inside the coffin is revealed

he took it.

Across the room, Caroline watched through tears. Gabriel stood beside her with Lily asleep against his shoulder.

“You know,” Caroline said softly, “one act of kindness did all this.”

Gabriel watched Ava lead the boy toward a warm meal.

“No,” he said. “One act of kindness gave courage somewhere to land.”

That night, Ava placed the silver butterfly continue reading …