On the outside, this story is about a blond-headed boy with autism. But like a Valentine gift 10,000 times better than the wrapping paper it comes in, this story is really about something else.
Love. And falling in love with what life brings.
The first time I met Will Alford was at the beach. His family and mine were getting double scoops of ice cream. Sitting together at the wooden picnic table, I looked at him and was struck by his eyes.
So blue, as if someone had taken small drops of the ocean nearby and swirled them around in these 6-year-old eyes. His blond head of hair like sand.
The way those blue eyes stared.