The Adventures of Schuyler and Charlie

Friday, June 14, 2013

father's day portrait


by Schuyler Young

There was a father's day breakfast in Schuyler's classroom.  It was one a busy Friday morning between 8 and 9am and the week had been pretty packed as I tried to tie off loose ends before heading out to see Gramps, Nan, and Grandma.  It was going to be hard to fit in but I didn't want to miss it either.  So I show up and we grab some muffins and sit down and she disappears and reappears with the above "framed" portrait of her dad.  She's beaming.  And I start tearing up.  I really did.  Right there at the the little tiny table for two in her classroom in front of the other dads.  I think it was probably lack of sleep (a thunderstorm last night meant Magic kept me up all night until 5am) but I was kind of overwhelmed by the simple gift.  Just getting a glimpse of how she sees me was a hoot.  But there were other dads in the room and I didn't want to embarrass myself by being the only dad sobbing over a doodle so i just hugged my little girl for a long, long time until she looked up at me with love in her eyes and said "Daddy... I love cupcakes".

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