Tom Trails: A New Beginning

"My name is Tom Trails, and . . . I live out by Fork Mountain." Then the walls seemed to close in, his mind became a desert whirlwind, and while the class waited, Tom stood still, hopelessly unable to utter another word. "Take you seat and you can try again some other time," the teacher said. Some other time? Would there ever be a time that Tom Trails felt equal to his peers? That would take a miracle.