Why We Shaved Our Heads on Our Wedding Day for His Grandmother

not lecture him or make him feel foolish for his mistake.

She spent the rest of the afternoon making silly faces at him until he forgot to be ashamed.

He set the photograph down on our kitchen table, and the apartment grew incredibly still around us.

Through the closed windows, we could hear the faint sound of a car driving by on the street below.

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