If These Wall Could Talk

An older couple has a fellowship dinner at their house. They have been married for over 50 years. She looks feeble and he looks tired and weathered. You have enjoyed getting to know them. They are really sweet people, but you don’t really give them credit for having done a lot in their lives because you don’t know much about them outside of what you see now.

You excuse yourself from the table and walk down the hall toward the guest bathroom. (The hallway is adorned with pictures of their children and grandchildren.) Then you notice an older picture, you know, where the color is off because it is so aged. It is a young soldier in uniform from WWll. He is a very handsome young man. Anyone would have taken a second look at that guy if they had passed him, especially handsome in a uniform! Next to his picture is a young woman. You can tell the era it was taken in because they wore their hair in those waves. (dark lipstick and rouge; she’s a beauty). She looks about 22 years old and is full of life and dreams for the two of them. They married quickly before he had to leave for his next post.