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

the grief and the gratitude were occupying the same space in me without one crowding the other out, and I sat there with both of them and let them both be true.

At some point one of the Marines, a young corporal with a kind face, placed his officer’s dress cap on Katie’s head. It came down almost to her nose and she wobbled under the weight of it and continue reading …