Little Girl Sees Her Father at State Song Contest 5 Years after He Disappeared — Story of the Day

A little girl performing at a song contest sees her long-lost father in the audience. She runs to him only to come to regret it.

Stacy is a talented ten-year-old with a voice that melts hearts whenever she sings. The little girl is loved by many people, especially her mother, Jessica.

The woman gave birth to the girl while she was with her father, Will, and she loved her so much, she did everything with her. The man she married and had Stacy with vanished when the girl was five years old.

Stacy could still remember when it happened; it had been a bright morning, a normal one. She was getting ready for school while her mom was running around trying to arrange her lunchbox. She was struggling with her socks when her father passed her room fully dressed.

“Will, I know you have a lot of work waiting for you at the office, but can you drop Stacy off at school today? I have to go into town to meet Mr. Jameson about the ranger’s deal,” Stacy heard her mother say, but her father gave no response. He just kept walking. Tap, tap, tap, his steps went, then the door opened and closed, and he was gone.

Her mother had not been worried at first; she simply assumed he would return. Stacy felt very uneasy, as though she knew something was up, but she had no idea what.

The rest of that day was a dreadful one the little girl hated thinking about. It was the day her mother nearly lost her mind — the shock of her husband’s sneaky act was a bit overwhelming for her.

That day, Stacy, a usually bright girl, lost her spark, oftentimes blaming herself. For the next couple of years, the girl reserved her winning smile for her mother alone.

Despite the resentment she felt towards her father, she still missed him terribly. Her mother was in the same boat as well, but she pretended to be fine and stayed strong for her child.

A couple of years later, Stacy enrolled in an art school...