Read the excerpt from Lori's memoir project.
I look at the old photo and really consider it for the first
time. How did my parents feel that fateful day? Did they
express joy when they heard the news? My mother
grasps my father's arm tightly; was happiness in that
tiny gesture? My father's lips are taught and
compressed together-a face he makes when waiting.
What is it in their postures that makes my own heart
beat faster, willing the belief that their wishes had been
answered right after the camera clicked?
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Which is the mood created in this exce
O contemplation
Obewilderment
Ouncertainty
Odisappointment