My Little Girl Asked One Question on Father’s Day – And It Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About Being a Dad

and one as a man realizing something might be very wrong.

I didn’t want to scare her. I didn’t want to make her feel she’d done something wrong by telling me the truth as she understood it. So I took a deep breath and did my best to tuck my fear away.

“Hey,” I said, keeping my tone playful, “how about we make a little Father’s Day game?”

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