“He has a gift. First published at eight, and in high school he won a national competition that’s been going since the twenties. Sylvia Plath was a previous winner. How’s that for irony?” “The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards? Did he win a senior writing portfolio?” “Yes. How did you know?” “Past recipient. Why are you smiling?” His dad was really, really right about that smile.
My son was also a national winner--silver medal for poetry. :)
