My Own Daughter Left Me A Breezy Voicemail Until I Discovered What She Had Really Done

you okay?”

“I’m fine, baby.”

A pause. Then, softly: “I think you did what you had to do.”

I pressed the phone against my chest for a second because there are some forms of relief the body registers faster than the mind.

When I brought it back to my ear, I said, “Thank you, David.”

He was quiet a long moment. Then he said, “Dad would’ve done the same thing.continue reading …