Our family was flying on a Make-A-Wish trip for my sick son — halfway through the flight, the pilot said, “Mike, there’s one thing about this trip that you and your parents know nothing about.”

boy in the room beside Mike’s. I remembered seeing paper scattered around the hallway and asking a nurse why every child suddenly had one.

She had smiled.

“Travel documents.”

I had been too tired to ask more.

Captain Harris explained that the next day, another child wanted a pass.

Then another.

Soon nurses began keeping crayons at the desk. Before difficult continue reading …