What’s the quietest thing a kid ever said to you?

Just now, a 9-year-old who’s been silent for weeks leaned over and whispered, 'I think my shadow’s tired.' I didn’t know what to do with that. Not because it was profound—though it was—but because it wasn’t. It was just a kid noticing something small, like how the pen in his hand trembled before he wrote his name. I’ve spent years trying to fix things. But sometimes, the real work is just listening to the quietest things.