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Right from when Becky was a baby and still learning how to take her first steps, her dad was there to hold her by the hand and guide her through the process.
“I’m here with you, pumpkin,” her dad would say, slowly removing his hand from Becky’s tiny palms.
She would take a few steps and just when she’s about to drop to the floor would quickly catch her and raise her up. Since the sad departure of her mom, her Dad had been both a father and a mother to her. Even when she was able to walk on her own, she still would hold daddy’s hand very tight when he walked her to school or any other place.
One day her dad said, “You don’t have to hold me so tight, you know. I’m right here with you.
“I know dad,” she replied. “But if per adventure I should miss my step I could fall on the ground. But having your hand wrapped against mine, even if I miss my step I know there’s no way I am going fall down.”
Fast forward some years later, Becky is now a grown woman and has a daughter who now looks up to her just as she did her dad when she was little. Sometimes she still wishes her dad was still around to guide her through certain things especially now she is a parent. But she still remembers what her dad said during the final moments she spent with him:
“I will always be by your side, pumpkin. I will always be holding your hand.”
These were the words that kept her going whenever she was feeling overwhelmedIt was now her turn to guard her baby girl just the same way her dad did her when she was little. But she was fortunate in her own case, she had her partner with her.
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