My Son Bought a Red Dress for Our Neighbor’s Daughter

My 8-year-old son secretly skipped school lunches to buy our neighbor’s daughter a red birthday dress. I thought his biggest problem would be explaining himself to me. The next morning, dozens of lunchboxes covered our lawn. Noah opened the biggest one, stepped back, and told me something was very wrong.

The first time Noah saw the red dress, he stopped so suddenly that I nearly walked straight into him.