I met Roosevelt in the housewares section of Goodwill, grieving over a small box.

“Why would someone get rid of this?” he asked as I passed by. The box held a pewter-colored cross with “On Your Graduation” engraved at the top. “Now, you know someone meant to give that to a graduate and for them to keep it, but here it is in the Goodwill. I imagine there’s a story behind that…”