The Single Dad's Second Chance
“She could hear Grandpa Ed snoring across the hall, but she knew that wasn’t why she was awake. She couldn’t sleep because her tummy hurt deep inside and she wanted to go home to Daddy.
He’d called to talk to her after dinner, like he always did. She didn’t talk to Rachel, but she knew she was there, because she said “hi” in the background.
Grandma wasn’t happy when Maura told her that Rachel was at home with her daddy. She didn’t say that she wasn’t happy, but Maura could tell because h...er face got that pinched look.
Before bed, Maura wanted to read Harry Potter but Grandma said it wasn’t an appropriate story for a child her age. Instead, she got out a book of fairy tales and read her the story of Cinderella—as if she hadn’t heard that enough times since kindergarten.
But listening to Grandma read it, Maura picked up on some details she hadn’t before—like the fact that Cinderella’s stepmother was nice to her own children but not to Cinderella.MoreLess
He’d called to talk to her after dinner, like he always did. She didn’t talk to Rachel, but she knew she was there, because she said “hi” in the background.
Grandma wasn’t happy when Maura told her that Rachel was at home with her daddy. She didn’t say that she wasn’t happy, but Maura could tell because h...er face got that pinched look.
Before bed, Maura wanted to read Harry Potter but Grandma said it wasn’t an appropriate story for a child her age. Instead, she got out a book of fairy tales and read her the story of Cinderella—as if she hadn’t heard that enough times since kindergarten.
But listening to Grandma read it, Maura picked up on some details she hadn’t before—like the fact that Cinderella’s stepmother was nice to her own children but not to Cinderella.MoreLess
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