“I’m sorry Dad brought her anyway,” I said, stroking her hair. “That wasn’t fair to you.”
“It’s okay,” she said sleepily. “The other parents were amazing. They really stuck up for us.”
She was right.
In the end, my daughter got her birthday back, and I learned something important about the power of having good people in your corner when bullies try to tear you down.
I’m truly grateful to everyone who stood up for me.
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