MY 8-YEAR-OLD SON GAVE UP HIS LUNCH MONEY TO BUY A LITTLE GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROME A RED DRESS — THE NEXT MORNING, OUR LAWN WAS COVERED WITH FIFTY LUNCHBOXES.
INSIDE THE BIGGEST ONE WAS A LETTER THAT ANSWERED A QUESTION HER MOTHER HAD BEEN ASKING FOR NINE YEARS.
PART 1
My 8-year-old son gave up his lunch money to buy a little girl with Down syndrome a red dress — the next morning, our lawn was covered with lunchboxes, but what was inside the biggest one made him go pale.
Our neighbor Rachel had raised her daughter, Lucy, alone since she was a baby.
My name is Diane, and Lucy was born with Down syndrome, and my eight-year-old son, Noah, adored her.
