by myself.”
He paused long enough that I wondered if he had lost his place. Then he looked straight at his old counselor.
“But you helped me start one I could imagine living.”
He explained the fund: the committed money, the independent foundation, the first award the following spring. Enough to make a practical difference in tuition, books, tools, or other approved education costs, depending on the recipient’s program.
Then he picked up the envelope.
“Mrs. Carter, if you’re comfortable with it, we’d like to
call it the Elaine Carter
