I Thought I Would Be Alone at Graduation After My Parents Passed Away – Then Someone Covered My Eyes

against my ribs.

Standing there in a crisp dress uniform was a face I hadn’t seen in almost two years.

“Uncle Daniel?”

“Hey, kiddo. Sorry, I’m late.”

I couldn’t move. I just stared at him, at the same eyes my mother used to have.

“You’re— you’re supposed to be overseas. They said no contact. They said—”

“They said a lot of things,” he smiled, his own eyes continue reading …