I left the living room for a brief minute the other day.

When I left I said to Tom, “Take care of Alice. I’ll be right back!”

And when I came back into the room, this is what I saw…

He’s reading her “Freight Train” by Donald Crews.

He was really reading it to her!

I heard him say, “A train runs across this track…” which is the first line in the story.

And Alice was totally paying attention.

And my heart totally melted.