Finding a Way in the Dark

A father learns to be dad and mom after a wife passes away:

“Your mother loved you both very much,” he said. “You were her whole world. It is now up to us as a family to live out what she started.”

He took his children home, to a house filled with painted wooden signs — “Cherish family” on top of the refrigerator, and above the window next to the dining table, “The best place to be is together.”

Published: Jun 15, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,978 words)