The Doorframe in the Hallway

Marcus Thompson still lives in the same house on Elm Street in Decatur, Georgia, where he raised his three children. If you walk past the kitchen toward the back bedroom, you'll notice the doorframe covered in pencil marks — dozens of horizontal lines with names and dates scrawled beside them. Maya, age 4. Elijah, age 7. Deshawn, September 2009. The lowest marks barely clear two feet.…