The Birthday Box

The Birthday Box" is a poignant short story that follows Favor, a young girl who discovers a mysterious birthday tradition left by her absent father. The story opens with Favor finding a note leading her to an oak tree where she receives annual gifts from her father, whom she believed was dead. As the years pass, Favor grows up, marries Wake - the boy from Sunday School - and eventually becomes an old woman still seeking to uncover her father's identity.