These photos are all taken from the Black Family by the Carter Family.
"All these milestones, your dad and I should have been there for every single one, but we couldn't be present for any. Your full moon, your full year, your first steps, your dad and I didn't witness any of it."
Mother Carter held back her tears, "Since we recognized you, your dad and I often talked about how we didn't know what you looked like back then. Sometimes, even while sleeping, I dream of holding your hand, teaching you to walk, and dream of your dad standing there with an apple, guiding the food-loving you step by step towards him."
"If you hadn't left your dad and me, you would have grown up, gotten married. It should have been your dad and me holding your hand, sending you off into the wedding car, and witnessing you putting on the wedding dress for James Black, marrying him."
