I came home unexpectedly and found four-year-old Kerensa sobbing with one side of her hair shaved away.
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Chapter 22 / 27
Chapter 22 - SCHOOL PICTURE DAY
School picture day became unexpectedly hard.
Kerensa was eight.
Her hair had grown past her shoulders again.
The shaved strip disappeared years earlier.
Still, on picture morning, she froze when I picked up a brush.
“No.”
I stopped immediately.
“Okay.”
She touched her hair.
“I want it down.”
“Fine.”
“It’s messy.”
“Fine.”
“Teacher says nice picture.”
“You can take a nice picture with messy hair.”
She looked suspicious.
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Then:
“Can you brush one part?”
“Show me.”
She guided my hand.
No big therapy speech.
We brushed.
Stopped twice.
Picture came home.
Hair imperfect.
Smile huge.
I bought too many copies.
May you like
She complained.
Normal father error.
