A Simple Seven Egg Painting on a Plate Changed My Family Forever

of the house.

Across the room, the wall looked different without the small wooden frame to break up the pattern of the faded blue flowers.

I stared at the pale square of dust on the wallpaper where the painting had always hung.

The sound of dried oak leaves scraping the driveway followed me out to the car the next morning. I drove to the north side of continue reading …