When Your Daughter Calls You Her Protector

I rode pirates of the Caribbean with Norah yesterday. She’s 8 and she asked to sit next to me. She gripped my arm tightly most of the ride. Each time the boat took a dip down hill, she buried her face into my side,

When we got on the boat, she said, “Daddy will protect me” with 100% conviction. And naturally, I agreed. Not that she hadn’t been on Pirates…