Youngest Of All

Carter was the youngest among all his cousins. They loved him but Carter’s fate was completely opposite of theirs. While they had a secured future with their parents taking care of it for them, Carter didn’t even have a permanent home.

Best Days Of The Years

The Kiphart family was one of those strong believers of Christmas who literally wait for December 25th throughout the year. They saved to buy presents for their friends and family, they mailed beautiful Christmas cards to everyone they knew and they enjoyed being together. And this time Carter was with them to celebrate but not in the recent family photograph.

Under The Christmas Tree

Carter was sitting on the floor near the Christmas tree and it was time for everyone to open up their presents. The whole Kiphart family was present there at this moment. They all already opened their gifts and Carter was the last one to open his presents. He got a jacket, and more. But when he was opening the last present, the entire Kiphart family’s eyes were glued onto him.

Unwrapping The PresentCarter was invited to spend Christmas with his Aunt Leah Kiphart and her family.

Noticing that everyone was looking at him, Carter grew anxious. As he finished unwrapping the gift and opened the box, it was a framed picture. But why would everyone look at him like that just for a picture? That’s when he noticed that it wasn’t just any picture inside the box.

A Family PhotoWith the Kipharts looking on, Carter finished opening his gift.

It was a family photo with all the Kipharts’ present in it. Carter thought they wanted him to keep it to cherish these days whenever he misses them and so he smiled and said thank you. But this photo was not to remember the Kipharts and Carter would soon realize it as he was about to read the note.

The Note

With excitement, Carter held the note and started reading it aloud. Before he could even finish reading it, he paused as tears flowed out of his eyes. The note started with, “Carter” and then it said something unexpected.