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

and the blue paper scraps showing where three pages had been ripped out thirty years ago.

I turned the book to page forty-eight, where the blue paper ended in a jagged line of torn fibers.

I took the folded sheet from my purse and laid it flat against the table.

I brought the torn edge of the yellowed paper against the blue remnants in the book.

The three continue reading …