The most important photo in our house hangs right above the couch. The glass has a thin crack in one corner from when I knocked it off the wall with a foam soccer ball when I was eight.<\/p>\n
Dad stared at it for a second and said, \u201cWell\u2026 I survived that day. I can survive this.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the picture, a skinny teenage boy stands on a football field wearing a crooked graduation cap. He looks terrified. In his arms, he holds a baby wrapped in a blanket. Me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell\u2026 I survived that day. I can survive this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I used to joke that Dad looked like I might shatter if he breathed wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeriously,\u201d I told him once, pointing at the photo. \u201cYou look like you would\u2019ve dropped me out of pure panic if I sneezed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would not have dropped you. I was just\u2026 nervous. I thought I was going to break you.\u201d Then he gave that little shrug he does when he wants to dodge being emotional. \u201cBut apparently I did okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dad did more than okay.<\/p>\n
He did everything.<\/p>\n
He looked like I might shatter if he breathed wrong.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My dad was 17 the night I showed up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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