He did not yet have language — not to ask for his mother, or when he would return. But he had not been alone.
Allen
For a long time, I thought his name was Allen.
At Each Stop
The train stopped again and again— and at each town, more children boarded.
He Was Not the Only Child on the Train
The train did not carry just one story — it gathered them.
The First Farewell
He was six years old. Standing beside his mother at a train station in Union City, Tennessee — about to leave home for the first time.
His Story
His world was silent, but his life never was. — This is where the journey begins
The First Train Ride 