Wren chose KIND because she wanted flowers that butterflies could share.

Oliver chose HOME.

When I asked him why, he shrugged.

“Because everybody should have one.”

I stood there with the markers in my hands for a long time.

The children did not know the complete story of the porch, the letters, the wedding, or the years in between.

One day they would ask harder questions.

When they did, I would give them truthful answers that respected their ages and their right to understand their own history.