Sold on a Monday

by Kristina McMorris

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

“Photography is the art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” —Elliott Erwitt

he learned early on that to be seen is to matter. But wasn’t that what everyone wanted deep down? To know their lives actually made a difference? To leave their mark. To be remembered.

Sometimes he wondered what else he’d sold on that Monday. His principles? His integrity?

Samuel was the center of her world, and of her heart. He was her first thought upon waking, her last before sleep. He was her cherished four-year-old son.

It trailed his every turn, like a tin can strung to the bumper,