I WORE MY GRANDMOTHER’S WEDDING DRESS IN HER HONOR — WHILE ALTERING IT, I FOUND A HIDDEN NOTE THAT REVEALED SOMETHING I

I could remember, and I started with the lining.

Old silk needs slow hands. I was maybe 20 minutes in when I felt a small, firm bump beneath the lining of the bodice, just below the left side seam.

I thought at first it was a piece of boning that had shifted. But when I pressed it gently, it crinkled like paper.

I sat with that for a moment.

It crinkled continue reading …