Now and then, like anyone else puttering around the kitchen, Bonnie Bowes might accidentally touch a too-hot pan.
Instinctive recoil, then math: How many times would she have to multiply that flash of pain — how many thousands of times — to begin to understand her daughter’s suffering?
Such an equation is impossible, she knows. But the other calculation on her mind remains maddeningly straightforward. Read the full story here ▶