One cold morning, I, a 13-year-old boy named Kevin Miller, decided to shovel my elderly neighbor’s driveway after a snowstorm. What she left at my door changed the way I see kindness and community. This is the story of how a simple act created a ripple of warmth in the middle of winter.
On the night of my eighth grade winter dance, I ran away with Lucas, desperate for a moment of freedom. What started as a dreamy escape in the swirling snow unraveled into a tangled web of family secrets and painful choices. As I look back, I wonder if believing in happiness is enough when the world keeps testing your faith.
A sudden snowstorm traps me and my family in our apartment on the outskirts of Milwaukee. As we struggle with fear, isolation, and my father’s medical emergency, the night forces us to confront buried family tensions and the true meaning of helplessness. By sunrise, nothing in my life or heart is the same.
