When My Neighbor Mocked My Daughter as “Fatherless Trash,” Her Godfather’s Reaction Brought the Whole Neighborhood to Tears

humming to herself as she rode her purple bicycle in slow circles near our driveway.

She had streamers on the handlebars.

Pink and silver. Mark, her godfather, had put them on for her the week before after she mentioned that her bike looked “too plain for a girl with big plans.”

Kelly had laughed when he said that. Really continue reading …