Prompt #13
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Then why doesn’t this picture speak to me. The picture is of my parents holding me as a baby when my parents were still together. When I take it out of its frame, the back of the picture states that I was a year old. That however, only answers one question out of many. My parents are smiling in the picture but were they really happy? Was I happy? When was the picture taken? Christmas? All three of us are wearing red. How long after this picture was taken did my parents separate? Was I part of the reason why they fought a lot? My parents won’t answer this question for me. If only this picture in this black frame could answer my questions.
They always say to children of divorce, 'It wasn't your fault, you weren't to blame.' But, of course, in a lot of cases, that's just a lie to protect the child. The child is innocent but still the cause of arguments over money and child-rearing.
ReplyDeleteThat's my experience anyway.
You do a nice job first giving us the picture and then opening up a much bigger perspective with the questions.