You can let go

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When she was only 1 year old she held on to her dads finger with her small hands.
She had a smile on her face as she stood with his help.
'You can let go now' he had told her.
So she did she let go of his finger and giggled as she started to walk on her own.
Little girl turns 7 years old and her dad is holding on to the back of her bike seat.
She smiled and said 'you can let go now'.
And he did, she road her bike by herself.
Young woman turns 18 and just graduated high school. She is afraid of the thought of being alone.
'You can let go now' her father reassures her.
It's her turn to take a leap into society and fight the world on her own.
Young women is 35 she is getting married to the love of her life and the father of her two little boys.
Her father walks her down the isle and when the get to the end she says 'dad you can let go now'.
Young women is put in the hospital as she falls victim to a gunshot wound. Caused by a robbery.
As she lies in her hospital bed to such she has been made comfortable for her last hours.
A husband crying in the waiting room and two little boys who don't understand.
The father watches her as she rests quietly going through her life memories.
'You can let go now' he says. And cries over the once warm body as a long beep fills the room.

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