Piece by piece I fell far from the tree

I will never leave her like you left me

And she will never have to wonder her worth

Because unlike you I'm going to put her first

"I figure when you have a kid you're making a promise and I don't break my promises, that's the real difference between you and me"

Bad Dream:

Jackson is groggily awoken by the sounds of crying, turning over to look at at his clock. 2:07am.

"I'm coming Hattie, just a second" Jackson calls as he sits up in bed swinging his legs over the side and wiping his eyes to help him become more alert.

He stands up and walks over to the chair in the corner of his room throwing on his black tank top and blue plaid pajama pants before heading down the hall to Harriet's room. The hall light is already dimly lighting the hallway and Harriet's bedroom door is ajar to let some of the light into her room. Jackson slowly pushes the door open further, revealing his daughter sitting up in her pink and white toddler bed, clutching her stuffed bunny "Flopsy" that April had given her, while she's hiccuping sobs, tears running down her cheeks.

"Sweetheart, what's going on?" he asks as he walks into her room and sits himself on the end of her bed facing her.

Between sobs Harriet manages to squeak out "I had a bad dream, and I thought it was real"

Jackson reaches out to sooth Harriet, gently rubbing her leg.

"You're ok now Hattie, it wasn't real, you're safe in the house with daddy and I promise nothing bad is going to happen with me around. Do you want to talk about it?"

Harriet shakes her head no and Jackson gets up from the bed and goes to the night table opening the single drawer and pulling out a nightlight.

"Well this could be problem number one." Jackson states "When mommy dropped you off today we unpacked your bag and forgot to plug this in tonight, so let's start there." Jackson says as he takes the daisy shaped night light and plugs it into the wall watching as more soft light helps to slightly illuminate Harriet's room. "Feeling any better sweetheart?" Jackson asks as he looks over at his daughter who is wiping her tears.

"Ya, a little but I'm scared it'll happen again if I go back to sleep" she explains.

Jackson walk over to her bed. "Lay down Hattie,I promise nothing is going to happen. Especially now that the nightlight you and mommy bought to help with your bad dreams is plugged in." he says as Hattie lies back in her bed and Jackson places a kiss on her forehead.

He walks around the bed taking Same Differences by Calida Rawles off the bookshelf and getting into the bed beside Harriet. She snuggles up to Jackson resting her head on his chest as he starts to read her the story, using one hand to hold the book and the other running through her hair in soothing motions as she begins to give into sleep feeling safe wrapped in the comfort of her covers and the love of her dad.