Father’s Day was supposed to be about celebrating me. Instead, it broke me. While driving my 5-year-old daughter, Lily, home from preschool, she asked, “Daddy, can we invite my real dad to dinner?” I nearly drove off the road.
Father’s Day was supposed to be about celebrating me. Instead, it broke me. While driving my 5-year-old daughter, Lily, home from preschool, she asked, “Daddy, can we invite my real dad to dinner?” I nearly drove off the road.That Sunday, I cooked dinner, poured wine, and waited. At 6:07 p.m., there was a knock. It was Adam—my best friend. My best man. Lily’s “Uncle.” Behind him? My wife, Jessica.Lily, beaming, said, “I told you! He’s my real daddy.” Silence. Then confessions

The Father’s Day Surprise My 5-Year-Old
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