My mom found it by accident in my dad’s drawer. She was too embarrassed to ask him what it was…

like something from another time. It did not look modern at all. It looked like something a person would keep in a drawer for decades, not because it was useful every day, but because it meant something.

That was the first clue.

My mother wanted to throw it away at first. She said it made her uneasy. But I stopped her.

“Dad kept it for a reason,” I said.continue reading …