Why That Hit Me So Hard
I was 56.
I’d spent most of my adult life pretending I didn’t want a family anymore.
Once, I had a fiancée, a wedding planned, and a future that felt real.
Then a week before the wedding, she sat me down and told me she was pregnant with her boss’s child — and left.
It didn’t just end the relationship.
It rewired my whole life.
I stopped believing I was meant for the kind of life where someone runs to the door yelling “Dad!”
I built a quieter life instead.
Biking. Night shifts. Routine.
Safe.
Empty.
So when that little girl told me she had nobody… I didn’t think.
I just said, “I could go with you. Just for today.”
Her face lit up like someone turned a light on inside her.
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