Quiet Isn't Always Calm: A Story About Masking
A summer story about masking, belonging, and the bravery of being yourself.
It was the third day of summer art camp, and Maisie hadn’t said much at all.
She sat cross-legged on a rainbow beach towel beneath the shade of an oak tree, quietly pressing paint onto paper. The other kids laughed and chatted, splattering bright colors on their own pages, but Maisie kept to herself, every stroke of the brush carefully planned.
She didn’t…
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