Mikhail showed me pictures online this morning and told me to “keep an open mind.” Well, my mind was wide open and now, it’s stuffed full with pictures of that brick building outfitted with quadruple-layered glass that could probably withstand everything up to and including a nuclear bomb.
According to the website, there are metal detectors, a three-point sign-in system, and fencing and guards around the perimeter of the school.
He’ll be safe there, I tell myself for the umpteenth time this morning. I keep repeating it, but the words don’t seem to stick.
So what if it’s safe? Dante is a kid. He needs fresh air and sunlight and his mother.
“Is there recess?” Dante asks.
“You’ll get breaks,” Mikhail tells him. “It won’t be school all the time. Sometimes, you’ll get to hang out with your
