Of Fire and Forgiveness by Gabriel Valjan

The building’s onfire, what books do you save?

 

In loco parentis.The Latin phrase means ‘in place of a parent.’ Today, I am the writer asked torescue someone else’s child, and anyone who knows me knows I’m a driven person,an impatient person, especially with myself, and I dislike (intensely) talkingabout myself.

 

Like the mother asked who is her favorite child, my answerspeaks volumes (couldn’t resist the pun). What a person reads may betray the...