Grandpa Gave Me a Green Plastic Soldier on My Birthday for Years — One Day I Finally Understood Why, and I Was Utterly Stunned

spend hours chasing clues and collecting trinkets that looked worthless until he explained their meaning.

If it wasn’t scavenger hunts, he entertained us with riddles and brainteasers. I loved solving puzzles with him. It became our thing: mystery and meaning.

But starting on my eighth birthday, the mysteries got stranger. He started giving me green continue reading …