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Eyes That See the Good in Things - March 12, 2018

Ten-year-old Evan Vargo had a few questions for the kids at summer camp who thought it was funny to bully a certain girl.

“She had autism,” Evan said. “They called her ‘slowpoke.’ They called her ‘dumb girl.’”

Evan, who was bullied himself once on a school bus, walked up to the group and asked:

“Could we stop? How would you feel if people were making fun of you?”

Taking those steps was “a little b...