Two Candles

We pulled Dad's old military foot locker from their old storage building in the back yard. We carefully wiped the years of dust from its aged surface and with controlled excitement slowly opened this old container of memories. Way down in the bottom, among the treasures of yesterday, lay this stained old envelope with the words "Terry's 2nd Birthday" written in Mom's handwriting. As I slowly opened the envelope, out slipped two small white candles into my shaking hand and I......