THIS TIRED BOY SAT ALONE ON THE SUBWAY—AND WHEN I ASKED WHY, HIS ANSWER CHANGED MY DAY
I noticed him as soon as I got on the subway—a little boy, maybe seven or eight, sitting with his hands folded tight in his lap. He looked so tired, eyes distant, headphones in but not really listening to anything. He was surrounded by grown-ups but somehow seemed the most grown-up out of all of…