The Keeper of the Dark

So here’s to Armani Black. The silent guardian. The midnight hero. The little black doll who carries the weight of a boy’s entire world.

Watching my son with his pillow doll, Armani Black, is watching pure love in action. From midnight cuddles to backyard adventures, Armani is his shadow, his therapist, and his hero.

But Leo would not be bribed. He placed the plush dog on a shelf, where it still sits, unlabeled and unloved. And he went back to his gray, tattered, free pillow doll.

But not today.