Isla, 6, and Madison, 8, missed their daddy, Brian. After he went to his heavenly home, they hadn\u2019t stolen cookies and ice cream from the kitchen at night,<\/p>\n
joined forces to bother their mother, or gone shopping. Because without Daddy Brian, those things were no fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re spoiling those girls, Brian!\u201d Brian\u2019s wife, Linda, used to scold him. \u201cWhy do y\u2019all gang up against me? I know you steal from the pantry for your little angels!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWell, I\u2019ll spoil them for the rest of my life!\u201d Brian would say with a wide grin. \u201cThey will always come first for me as long as I live! I\u2019m sorry, honey, but you now have competition. But you know, I adore all my girls\u2014including you,\u201d and hug her.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how Brian was. He would always balance out a situation. He was the perfect family man. But after he passed away, something changed. Isla and Madison became very quiet, and Linda, well, she was struggling to come to terms with his death too.<\/p>\n
After all, her last memories of Brian had been nothing but terrible. He died before her very eyes, and she couldn\u2019t help him. Stage four cancer, the doctors had told Linda. They started the treatment the right way and tried their best for Brian, but they lost the battle, and the terrible illness won.<\/p>\n
Death cannot break the bonds built with love.<\/p>\n
Brian\u2019s health kept deteriorating, and one morning he didn\u2019t wake up. Isla and Madison had slept beside him on the hospital bed the night before. He had asked Linda to leave the girls with him that night. Probably he sensed that was his last night with his little daughters.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTime of death: 4 a.m. Tuesday\u2026\u201d the doctors declared that morning after Linda called, worried because Brian was not answering his cell phone. The doctors gave her an apologetic glance before they covered his once-smiling face with a white hospital sheet. Brian was gone. He wasn\u2019t coming back, and Linda was devastated.<\/p>\n
After Brian\u2019s death, Linda couldn\u2019t pull herself together, no matter how hard she tried. Her girls had been stronger than her. They had at least attended the funeral. Linda couldn\u2019t stand to see him buried under the Earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn my birthday, I want my little girls to look their prettiest, and I\u2019m curious to see what they\u2019ll wear. Do you promise to come to Daddy and show me your beautiful outfits, girls? You see, it\u2019s possible that daddy won\u2019t be with you that day, but you have to promise me you\u2019ll look your best,\u201d was the last thing Brian had said. It was his dying wish that his girls visit him on his birthday.<\/p>\n
So the day before, the girls asked Linda to take them out shopping.<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy,\u201d little Isla said. \u201cDaddy loved my red dress. He got me one for my birthday. I want a red dress.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can pick for me, mom,\u201d Madison offered. \u201cI want it to be Dad\u2019s favorite color.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI \u2013 I don\u2019t think I have the time, girls,\u201d Linda tried avoiding the topic. She was still grieving Brian\u2019s loss. She was not ready for anything resembling closure.
\n\u201cBut we need to visit daddy!\u201d Isla said. \u201cHe asked me to wear something beautiful on his birthday. He asked Madison too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linda\u2019s eyes welled up. She was so consumed by grief that she had forgotten Brian\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he ask you?\u201d Linda asked, her eyes welling up with tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaddy wanted to see us in pretty dresses on his birthday. We need to visit him, mommy,\u201d Isla said. \u201cHurry up! We need to go shopping!\u201d
\n\u201cWhen did he ask this?\u201d asked Linda. \u201cI \u2013 I didn\u2019t know\u2026.\u201d She had no idea about Brian\u2019s dying wish.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe night before he died, mom,\u201d Madison revealed. \u201cHe held our hands and said he wanted to see us in nice outfits on his birthday. Mom, I think we should do this for him. I know you\u2019re upset, but please?\u201d She covered Linda\u2019s ears with her hands. \u201cI know you\u2019re missing dad, but we need to do this for Isla. She misses daddy a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Madison was always a bright child. She understood things children her age would find hard to comprehend. And she finally convinced Linda to go shopping.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright then,\u201d Linda said. \u201cLet\u2019s get you, girls, the prettiest outfits, so daddy knows what he\u2019s missing by not being with us! He will regret leaving us like this!\u201d Linda said, bursting into tears and her girls hugged her to comfort her.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad doesn\u2019t want to see you sad, mom. I know\u2026.\u201d Madison whispered, patting her mom\u2019s back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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