She Was Worth It All :

While the elders and adults struggled to keep secrets in the midst of stolen shoes, stolen dreams and misbehavior the four year old professor desperately held onto his desire for the future and urgency to be an adult. The older the professor got the stronger his vision became and it wasn't long before hidden secrets were exposed. Although the names have been changed the people are real and the story is true right down to the little professor's vision of Esta.