Chapter 22 Kindergarten Days

• *Next day at school*
• "Mom! Did you see what I made?" Austin burst through the classroom door, waving a paper covered in colorful numbers and shapes. His cheeks were flushed with excitement, blue eyes sparkling in a way that made my heart catch.
• "Let me see, buddy," I said, kneeling to his level as the kindergarten classroom buzzed around us with parents collecting their children, artwork clutched in small hands.