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Below the Surface“Nothing could be relied upon. Menus were full of what restaurants didn’t have. Margaritas were missing the triple sec to sweeten the bitter limes, and no one had change.” | Finally, the trip’s great lesson was learned. A Rose in Glass“Zita died the year that I was born, 1980, in a small Palestinian settlement in the West Bank, where she volunteered. She was 16. She had been beaten and raped by a gang of Palestinian boys.” | But wouldn’t hating those boys be a betrayal of Zita’s spirit? Loss and the Things that Make a Man“I begged dad to stop leashing Sheena and, after I offered to wash his car once a week, he agreed. After a while, she stopped running away.” | But Ryan was about to experience one of the saddest moments of his youth. No Different from Anyone Else“During my first week teaching second grade on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Moses Running Bear, age 7, told me that he wanted to kill himself, his mother, and me.” | Though they became close, Leslie was about to make one colossal mistake. Growing Up: The Sequel“I packed my life into a duffel bag, bought a standby ticket, and showed up at the Albuquerque airport, I Ching in hand.” | Forty years later, Meredith returned, looking for answers in the place that defined her idealism. The Burdens of Being 4“The boy plunked down next to my tool bag, eyeing it ferociously. If I’ve seen that look before, I’ve seen it 100 times.” | The dishwasher mechanic and 4-year-old in Spider-Man underwear were about to discover an unlikely bond. Life with Lois“At a certain age, children imagine that everybody is staring at their parents, but in my case, it was true.” | As she has grown older, Sara has begun to appreciate, and even admire, her mother’s brave and unapologetic quirkiness. Fixed and Dilated“There in the deep end was my diaper-clad infant body, floating quietly like a harbor buoy.” | Although she saved her baby from nearly drowning that hot summer day, Darcy’s mother would never be the same. My Mom Made Me Gay“After raising three rambunctious boys, my mother decided it was time to have a child who would appreciate the little things she crocheted.” | Having known her son was gay by the time he was 4, Brett’s mother raised him accordingly. Mother Principals“Ivana’s large, sparkling eyes complemented her thin cheekbones, yet I sensed despair. She seemed to be hanging on by a thread.” | As Ms. Billbe discovered, sometimes the best principals must play the role of parent, too.   |
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