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My 7-Year-Old Daughter Woke Up at 4 A.M. Every Day—When I Discovered What She Did After I Left, I Broke Down in Tears
“But I want to,” she replied simply.
“You need your sleep.”
“I’m okay.”
“You’re only seven.”
She lifted those serious brown eyes — the same eyes she’d inherited from her mother — and said softly, “Please, Daddy. Just let me.”
That was Lily: soft voice, gentle heart, and stubborn as a locked gate when she believed in something.
