Intractable or on Track

Wendy was three years married to Wesley, second try for both, when his son Wayne (7), sullen, rebellious, arrived. She labored to get intractable Wayne on track but couldn’t. As the teen years began, she’d had enough:

“Wesley, choose: boarding school, military academy or reformatory. I’m done.”

That summer Wesley spent weeks touring boarding schools with Wayne, was shocked to receive letters from each school, accepting him.

“Wendy, choose: which one?”

“None of them. I’d miss him too much.”

That fall, enrolled and passing at City High, Wayne first began calling Wendy “Mom.” A lifetime later, he has never stopped.