I am Afraid Of…

My Daughter

This is a Beyond the Books writing prompt.

There are a lot of things I’m afraid of. I have a huge imagination that was poked and prodded as a child by a father who got a kick out of scaring me, which has only fueled my ability to imagine how a situation could go wrong about 20 different ways. But I’ve learned how to overcome many. There’s just two things that can keep me up at night: 1. My daughter getting severely hurt in any way and 2. being forced to abandon her.

I can’t imagin...