The Picture on the Nightstand

what children see in a marriage

“Whoa….Look what I found, Mom!!”

I turned to see Violet holding up our wedding photo. The silver frame is tarnished now, its edges a bit battered from years of being shuffled in moving boxes in and out of basements. But to her, it was treasure. With a grin on her face, she ran out of the storage room before I could say a word.

Hours later, when I crawled …