A 12-Year-Old Alabama Girl Left a Quiet Note Behind After Her Death on February 17—Her Parents Were Too Grief-Stricken to Read It at First, But When They Finally Did, the Words Inside Carried a Message They Now Hope Might Reach Another Child Before It’s Too Late

February 17 began like an ordinary winter morning in a quiet neighborhood in Alabama. The house looked the same as it always had: backpacks by the door, a half-finished cereal bowl in the sink, and the soft hum of the coffee maker in the kitchen. To anyone passing by, it was just another family preparing for another normal day.

But by …