The Call That Cut Through My Workday The afternoon had been ordinary in the dull, exhausting way that makes you think nothing can possibly go wrong, because the worst part is simply the pile of numbers on your screen and the cold coffee you forgot to finish, and I was still in my downtown St. Louis office, still trying to tighten up a budget presentation before the end of the day, when my desk phone rang with a sharp insistence that didn’t match the calm around me. Janice at the…
Read MoreMy Son’s School Phoned Me at Work Saying, “You Need to Come Now.” When I Arrived, Ambulances Filled the Parking Lot, the Principal Asked Who Packed His Lunch, Then Opened His Lunchbox — And My Hands Started Trembling at What I Saw The Phone Call That Shattered an Ordinary Day
