He had warm brown eyes and straight brown hair that fell across his forehead in a swipe. He was mens-catalog cool, with great posture and a breezy “I’m here because I want to be and will leave when I’m ready,” kind of energy. His vibe made him an outlier in our youth group and in true-crush fashion, I was as smitten as I was fascinated.
The boy was an i…
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