My in-laws sent my 6-year-old daughter a cute brown teddy bear for her birthday. She smiled for a second, then suddenly froze and asked, “Mommy, what is it?

serious mistake and that we would not be seeing them for a while.

She asked if they were angry with her.

Daniel dropped to his knees in front of her so quickly I thought he might fall apart.

“No, baby,” he said, holding her hands. “You did nothing wrong. Nothing.”

“Then why did they do it?”

He looked at me.

I answered because he could not.

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