The Family Portrait

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash

Only a small corner of the sheet of ruled notebook paper is slightly folded in, an obvious indication of where it was once held. The rest of it is near pristine; treated with care and pride. The crayons selected were vibrant. The colors compliment each other, depicting a scene you would expect from a child.

There is green grass, a blue sky, yellow sun, and a white house with a brown roof. The door to the home is red. A woman…