“Good evening. I am not a parent in the school district. I am a homeschooling mom. I chose to homeschool my daughter because I thought I had all the tools. But recently, I realized… there are some tools I can’t give her, because I don’t know that she needs them… until she does. Conversations we can’t have, because neither of us can find the words. Until we read them. Books are an important bridge.” She takes a long, deep breath and looks over at Mrs. Scott. “Believe me, I know how you feel. I know the fear of being powerless in a world you can’t control. A world you don’t, at times,
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