Not So Dark...

For those of you who had the uncomfortable experience of reading my "When Darkness Falls" post, sorry, it had to be written...however...I came in the house today from smoking on the back porch, there is a wall in the rec room that holds framed pictures of the entire family on both sides. The whole wall is covered. I usually try not to look at it, because immediately, my eyes go directly to HIS picture next to my grandmother's, today I was distracted and my eyes found the most stimulating thing, the bloodline wall, and what was that?? A little piece of gold protruding from the wall, glowing in the low light...it's gone! HE IS GONE! I still see my grandmother's picture from when she was 15, but it's mate is GONE! What about the other one, when they were old...the way I remembered him....holy shit! It's gone as well! My parents took it down! My father took HIS father off our bloodline wall! In case you don't know, it took each of them reading that post in order for my dad to REALLY understand and he emailed me that he now understood that his father was no grandpa, but a monster. That acknowledgment lifted some weight off of my shoulders...my father's decision to remove his pictures off the wall lifted a little more weight. It's not so dark. Thank you.