My Husband Left After Our Daughter Lost Both Her Legs—Twenty Years Later, Her Award Speech Left Him in Tears

Scholarships.

Grants.

Financial aid forms.

I felt defeated.

Then Sophie appeared in the doorway.

“You should be sleeping.”

She sat beside me.

“We can’t afford it, can we?”

I looked at her.

My little girl wasn’t little anymore.

“No.”

She nodded.

“It’s okay.”

“No.”

“Mom—”

“No.”

My voice shook.

“You worked too hard.”

“We tried.”

I grabbed her hands.

“Listen to me.”

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