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

that I think was what it is supposed to feel like to be at a school dance with your child, the closeness and the joy of it and the specific pride of watching someone you made become themselves in front of you.

When the last song came on, a slow one, the DJ made an announcement that the final dance was for everyone and invited the whole room onto the continue reading …