The One-Word Wedding Speech
At the wedding, the father's speech consisted of just one word.
Some time later, his daughter photographed a blank sheet of paper on his desk with her phone.
Ever since, she has looked at the photo whenever she feels down.
Why?
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Answer
The blank sheet still bore the indentations left by the pressure of her father's pen as he wrote out his wedding speech. When light was shone across it at a low angle, shadows formed in the indentations, revealing some of the words. His daughter photographed the sheet with her phone, and whenever she feels down, she looks at the photo and finds encouragement in the words her father had wanted to say.
Explanation
Before the wedding, her father had written down the words he wanted to say to his daughter. But on the day, he was so overcome with emotion that all he could say was "Congratulations."
After the wedding, the written speech had been thrown away, but the sheet of paper that had been underneath it was still on his desk. His daughter noticed letter-shaped indentations in the blank sheet.
When she shone light across the paper from the side at a low angle, shadows formed in the indentations left by the pressure of the pen, allowing her to make out some of the words her father had written. Keeping the light on the paper, she photographed it from above with her phone.
Whenever she feels down, she looks at the photo and finds encouragement in the words her father had wanted to say that day.
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