Just as I start to walk away, Maggie speaks up. “You know she wrote in her journal at school that the only thing she wants for Christmas this year is a family.” My steps halt at her words, and my heart sinks into my stomach. I hate knowing I’m disappointing Skylar. She’s my world and I’d do anything for her.
Anything.
Feeling like I’m letting everyone down in my life is starting to eat at me. Skylar’s learning so much in school, meeting new friends, and even had her first friend sleepover. She came over the following day and went on and on about how the dad was in the kitchen making breakfast, and afterward they helped the mom make dessert. While the pie cooled, both parents walked them to the park where they all played together.
Skylar proceeded to ask a hundred questions about why her
