After desert was finished mom told us she had a surprise for us. She doted over daddy and removed his necktie. She filled our wine glasses and turned down the lights before leaving the room. A single candle glowed in darkness from the middle of the table. Daddy looked at me shrugging his shoulders to signal he didn't have a clue about the surprise.

A few minutes later she returned wearing her bowtie from the Firefly room. She had two more in her hand. She stood behind daddy and placed one a round his neck. The other she placed around my neck as she leaned forward and blew out the...