Goodbye Daddy

Throughout generations, our fathers have been the rock of the family.
We run to them when Mom says no, and when siblings are driving us crazy. They take us out to dinner and make us feel beautiful when we think we’re not.
Dads tease us about our crushes, and threaten to bring out the shotgun we go out on dates. Then, in a final gesture of love, they walk us down the aisle and give us up to another man they trust to take care of us.
And of course there are the hard times. The music that’s “too loud,” the clothes that are “unacceptable,” and the boy who needs to “get lost.”
Through it all, fathers are there for us. Or at least, they usually are. There are those freak accidents that nobody saw coming, and sometimes we must say goodbye to our dad, forever.
Those times can be the hardest in a girl’s life, trust me, I know.
I’m Emily, but this isn’t just my story. It’s the story of five girls whose lives were changed by their fathers, forever.