HE NAMED THE CALF \u201cBUTTONS\u201d\u2014BUT ONCE THE TRUCK PULLED UP, GRANDPA WOULDN\u2019T LOOK HIM IN THE EYE
\nButtons wasn\u2019t supposed to be anything special. Just a calf born early spring\u2014scrawny, off-balance, always trying to nibble on the drawstrings of my hoodie. But my son Ezra fell for her fast.<\/p>\n
Every morning before school, he\u2019d run out in that same \u201cSUPER 08\u201d shirt and help bottle-feed her. Every afternoon, he\u2019d race off the bus just to see if she\u2019d learned anything new. \u201cShe follows me now!\u201d he shouted once, grinning like his heart was too big for his chest. The dog would trail behind them, like the three of them were some little squad.<\/p>\n
That calf turned into his best friend.<\/p>\n
And I should\u2019ve said something sooner.<\/p>\n
See, Buttons wasn\u2019t ours to keep. We don\u2019t have the land or the money. She was just being raised for auction, part of a neighbor\u2019s arrangement. Ezra didn\u2019t know. He thought love was enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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