I Was the Only One at My Grandpa’s Funeral Until a General Saw His Ring and Asked Me One Question

and the fact that he was loved, stated plainly in stone, a declaration my parents made too late to tell him directly but that stands now as the truest thing they ever said about him.

I knelt there once and placed the ring at the base of the stone. Not permanently. Just for a moment. To let it rest where it began.

I thought about the man who had put it continue reading …