She crossed the finish line. She was a six-year-old girl in the first grade class who came to our program with tangled hair and rarely smiled. Other kids approached her during game time, inviting her to play. She softly said no. She turned down the ice cream offered to her on treat night and kept to herself. One night, after class, she came to me, "How much of the book has to be done to get the camp scholarship?" To say a smile burst on my face would be an understatement. This quiet, shy little sweetie actually spoke to someone. "The whole book," I said. She had finished the first of 8 sections and had only five meetings left for the year. We insured she had one-on-one help to provide opportunity for success, but in truth, as I walked by her room and saw her keeping to herself, I didn't think she'd make it. The day of the program came. I helped the secretary arranged the awards in alphabetical order and set them on the table for presentation...
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