The officer pulled a folded piece of paper from his pocket.
“What started as a few dollars became something much bigger.”
He handed it to me.
It was a list of names.
Dozens of names.
Neighbors.
Teachers.
Local business owners.
Parents.
People from our church.
People from our community.
Next to each name was a donation amount.
Some gave five dollars.
Some gave twenty.
Others gave hundreds.
At the bottom was a total.
I stared at it.
Then stared again.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
Over $12,000.
My knees nearly gave out.
“Twelve thousand dollars?”
The officer nodded.
“Your son inspired an entire community.”
I looked at David.
His face turned bright red.
“I didn’t mean to.”
