'I’m glad my daughter has friends. It’s a tough age in a tough world and kids need all the support they can find. While I wish I could hear, 'Daddy, will you cuddle with me?' one more time, I accept that I never will.' | CBCKids
Once, I was a king.
We shared swashbuckling adventures and magical moments. I remember her hair flying horizontally on the merry-go-round at the local zoo. Or setting a new personal best for skating laps around the rink on a frigid January day. Circle after circle, racing together, outpacing the cold. Or staying up late to watch the fireworks on Canada Day, under eternally circling stars. Just me and her together, riding the wave.I should have seen it coming. Or, maybe I did and just wouldn’t admit it.
My daughter’s focus is now all about her friends. They are her world and that is our new reality. She tells me that they mean everything to her. Again, I remember the thrill of just hanging with my buddies, happy to be together as we tried to make sense of our new world order. When I think back, I cringe at how we sometimes looked and acted. But in the moment, we thought we were right out of Hollywood casting, the coolest of the cool.
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