‘To the best daddy in the whole world. I love you.’
As he read again, the words on the card, tears spilled from his eyes.
Kneeling, he said, ‘I love you too Honey. I’m proud to be your dad. You’ll always be my little girl.’
Desolate, he kissed her image, leaving tears on her photograph and flowers on her gravestone.

Baldwin, D., (2009) The Library’s Best, ReadMe Publishing, North Carolina.

Nominated for the 2008 Micro Fiction Award.

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