Not try to take his place? You aren't the man who kissed boo-boos or read bedtime stories or walked her to the bus to school, the man who fell in love with his baby girl the first time he laid eyes on her or held her and worried he was going to drop her. (Yeah, I know, spider reflexes. You get my point.)

Now she's here, you can be here for her, but you can't be him.

Losing my dad completely changed my life. Nobody could've taken his place. Not even a younger him.