Sometimes, life’s most meaningful lessons appear in the simplest, most ordinary settings. One evening, I stepped into a local McDonald’s completely exhausted. The day had drained me, and I was moving through the world on autopilot. That’s when I noticed a mother and her young daughter. The mother wore a thin, worn coat that had clearly endured many harsh winters. Her daughter’s eyes were filled with a fragile hope—“the kind children hide when they know it might not be rewarded.” Continue reading…
