I Raised My Brother’s Triplet Daughters for 22 Years—At Their College Graduation, They Called Their Father’s Name and I Fell to My Knees

For years I said:

There wasn’t room because of the girls.

That was unfair.

The truth was that I did not know how to make room.

I feared loving another adult would dilute what I owed the girls.

That belief belonged to me.

Laura did not receive a second life with me as payment after graduation.

She had moved on.