The marriage of a child is something you can never get used to, no matter how many times you experience it. Even if the child isn't your own but one that you have come to care for deeply.

My niece, with her dark blue hair like her mother’s. Since she isn’t my biological child, there is a lot I don’t know about her, and we haven’t spent much time together. But perhaps because of that, seeing her polite and somewhat shy nature, I find her even more endearing.

Unfortunately, unlike my biological children, who show little to no affection, she …