The Piano Teacher Who Never Stopped Believing

In 1987, Margaret Ellison taught piano lessons from her living room in Tupelo, Mississippi. One of her students, a twelve-year-old boy named DeShawn, had hands that shook from anxiety every time he sat on the bench. His father had just left. His mother worked double shifts at the poultry plant. DeShawn wanted to quit every single week. Margaret never let him.…