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

of heavy parchment, each bearing the green border of official registry documents from thirty years ago.

I picked up the top sheet, my thumb brushing the raised seal of the State of Ohio.

It was the original partnership certificate for the greenhouse, signed by Arthur in his tight, neat hand, and by Harvey in his loose, hurried scrawl.

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