The Sandpaper Lesson That Went Viral and Exposed What Teens Carry Inside

they parted like I had gravity.

A boy I didn’t know held out something in his palm like an offering.

It was a block of wood.

Not just any block. I recognized the twisted grain and the knot that looked like an eye. It was one of my ugly pieces, sanded smooth and waxed until it glowed like amber.

“Where’d you get that?” I asked.

He swallowed. “My cousin. continue reading …