For years, my husband believed my poor eyesight kept his secret hidden — then I came home after laser eye surgery, looked into the garage, and screamed, “This can’t be real!”

of Christmas lights Brian kept in the garage.

Brian had mentioned them a hundred times over the years. Boxes of them in the garage, tangled from last December, waiting. I wanted them strung across the living room. I hadn’t seen them glow in years.

I walked to the door at the back of the kitchen, the one I hadn’t opened in longer than I could count.

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