Sixteen years is a long time. That’s how far the photo of my husband — looking slim and fit in his Marine Reserve uniform — goes back. Today, he’s about 100 pounds heavier, so it was understandable when my friend’s son asked who it was.

“That’s my father,” my daughter told him.

Looking at my husband, then at the photo, he asked, “Your first father?”
— Mele Kolokihakaufisi