Nobody Expected the Principal to Interrupt Graduation for One Late Father. Then He Took the Microphone…

“No,” Sarah said. “She gets it from you.”

I shook my head, but she tightened her fingers around mine.

“Promise me you’ll show up for her. Not just for the big things. All of it. The bad days. The parent meetings. The school plays. All of it.”

“I promise.”

“Even when you’re tired.”