My Grandson’s Fiancée Told My Five-Year-Old Granddaughter There Was No Room for Her in the Family Photos — But My Speech Made the Entire Room Fall Silent

photograph.

It showed Margot on her birthday.

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Emmett stood on one side.

Claire stood on the other.

And Margot was right in the middle.

She was laughing.

Under the photograph, Claire had written:

“Our most important girl.”

I printed the photograph and placed it on the refrigerator beside an old photograph of Phoebe.

I don’t think my daughter would have minded.

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She probably would have understood everything.

And I know one thing:

that day, I did what I was supposed to do.