feel so deeply,...It's part of being alive....That's just how we're made.

[Guest guest]

" Why is Mommy crying? " feeling her heart drop to her stomach.Mom had

been acting strange lately—moping around the house, wearing bathrobe

all day, she had poured coffee into my cereal bowl this morning!

Something was up. Mom is bursting in tears but Daddy seemed a lot

happier lately.

 

I went near Daddy...

" What's up, Katie? "

 

" Daddy, why is Mommy sad? "

" Some things you just won't understand until you're older, honey. "

 

" Katie, look, it's only fair for you to know that Mommy and I have

some different interests these days, and Mommy feels like it's pulling

us apart. "

 

" Why wouldn't you want to be close to Mommy?? " she glared at him

accusingly.

" It's not that I don't want to; it just kind of happened that way. "

 

" I don't believe you, Daddy. I know that if I was in love I would

never want to hurt that person, no matter what. "

" Oh, Katie… "

 

" Daddy, listen to me. You love Mommy, she loves you. What's the

problem?! " Just then, her mommy ran upstairs sobbing. " See what you've

done, Daddy? "

 

" Katie, I know you want everybody to be happy, but it's just not

possible sometimes. I have other— "

 

" Can't you feel her pain, Daddy?? I can. It feels like someone threw a

baseball right into my stomach and stuck a golf ball into my throat.

She's miserable and you love her. Show her you love her. "

 

" How old are you again, Katie? " he asked, a hint of a smile playing on

his lips.

" Six and a half. "

 

" For a second there I thought you had aged thirty years overnight. "

" Huh? "

 

" Never mind. How is it that you feel so deeply, Katie? "

" It's part of being alive, Daddy. That's just how we're made. "

 

Holding her in his arms, he said, " Thank you, Katie. Just… thank you. "

With tears running down his face and his chin quivering at an

uncontrollable rate, he sprinted upstairs to his wife. " My love, I am

so deeply sorry… " That's how we're made