Daddy's Girl
Scared, I'm so scared. I don't know what's going on. Everything was safe warm and soft, but now what is this? It's so loud I can't…I can't think. Why am I dangling upside down? This isn't fun. I'm crying. Why am I crying? How should I know? It just feels like the right thing to do right now.
Warmth and love…two strong gentle arms…
I'm safe…I feel safe…I don't have to cry anymore…I'm loved.
I want to open my eyes and see this new found source of comfort. Slowly my eyelids cooperate with me, and I see him. He looks so proud, so bewildered, but why does he look so sad.
"Your mother loved you," he whispers. "Remember that, she wanted to meet you so much, but…"
He trailed off and raised me to his lips to touch me in the most strange and caring way.