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The principal stepped forward onto the field. “I think, after everything we just witnessed, there’s only one person who should walk this graduate across the stage.”
The crowd erupted.
I slipped my arm through my dad’s.
As we started toward the stage, I leaned closer to him. “You know you’re stuck with me forever, right?”
He laughed softly. “Best decision I ever made.”
“There’s only one person who should walk this graduate across the stage.”
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Maybe blood matters. Maybe biology leaves fingerprints on a life.
But I had learned something stronger than that.
A parent is the one who stays when staying costs everything
