‘People already know,’ she told him.

‘Wouldn’t a dignified family portrait settle the rumors?’

‘No,’ he answered.

‘It would give strangers more information about children who never asked to be photographed.’

I was grateful he understood without requiring a fight.

There was another conversation I needed to have with my own children.

They had seen the helicopter photo online after a classmate brought it up.

Savannah thought it was funny that their coats looked like bright dots against the snow.