Ali invited all of who were involved in Sakler Moo’s entry into the prestigious Albany Academy to his house for dinner last night. Ali’s elementary school teacher Caroline, who fought for him to get into the Academy for years was there.

So were about a dozen of Sakler’s friends and his very shy and quiet mother, Lae Pwy.

I had the pleasure of telling her that an anonymous donor has offered to pay her share of Sakler’s tuition – $2,000 a year – for the next three years. Ali has been talking about inviting Maria and I to dinner for a while, it was Sakler’s admittance into the Albany Academy that triggered it.

Lae Pwy struggles at times to understand that is happening around her, but she is thrilled Sakler is getting this chance to learn and grow.

I brought her some flowers, I am struck by her shy dignity. The evening was a chance for all of us together and to some degree, a celebration of Sakler’s admission to the Albany Academy. Maria and I brought home enough food to eat for several days.