Early on, I committed to doing everything I could to guarantee Lola didn’t miss out on a happy childhood because her mom wasn’t around.” I pause, fastening a hair tie to the end of Marlow’s braid. “That meant memorizing the CoComelon theme song when she was a toddler, learning to style her hair, and cutting sandwiches into the shapes of unicorns and rainbows. I’d gladly do it all a hundred times over to make sure she knows that she’s loved unconditionally.”