My Daughter Went to the Father Daughter Dance Alone Until a Dozen Marines Walked In

in her twirl dress and her pink socks and her Daddy’s Girl badge, went out onto that gym floor with her father’s brother and showed a United States Marine how to do the chicken dance.

The room came back to life. Other girls joined in, drawn by Katie’s laugh the way children are drawn to laughter, irresistibly, and their fathers followed, and some of continue reading …