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'I Feel Nervous, Daddy'

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Will Selber
Jun 15, 2024
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As I put my daughter down to change her diaper, my wife, the lovely Charity, asked her, “Are you ok, honey?”

“I’m,” she said haltingly. “I’m nervous.”

And my heart immediately melted.

I bent over and kissed her little head, placed my hand on her heart and placed her hand on my heart and whispered softly, “It’s ok to be nervous. I get nervous all the time.”

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