On Our 21st Birthday, We Received a Mysterious Box—We Gasped When We Saw What Was Inside

I opened it, Nora would somehow laugh from the doorway and tell us we were being dramatic.

With shaking fingers, I lifted the lid and gasped.

Inside the box were three small bundles wrapped in faded purple ribbon.

For a second, none of us moved.

The ribbons were tied in Nora’s crooked little bows, the kind she used to make on birthday gifts because she continue reading …