Tiny Modern Love Stories: ‘I Felt Like a Particle of Light’
The Cusp of Adolescence In the 11th summer of my life, I befriended a local boy on Ocracoke Island. Tall, soft-spoken, with a mop of red-blonde hair that sometimes hid his blue eyes, he was one of the few people who showed me sweet-tempered kindness while my family dissolved into alcoholism. I remember holding hands,…