Two days before seventh grade began, my 12-year-old son, Noah, called from his father’s house and said four words that made my stomach drop: “I’m not coming home.” His new sneakers were waiting by our front door, his notebooks were stacked on his desk, and the cinnamon cereal he had requested was sitting on my kitchen counter.
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