Daddy, Can You Make Me Pancakes?

by Kevin McAteer · 2014

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It's 6:00 a.m., and four year old Amanda shuffles into her parent's bedroom, where she finds Daddy sleeping in what normally is Mommy's spot. She innocently wakes him up from a deep sleep "Daddy ... can you make me pancakes?" Daddy replies "Yes, sure honey."

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Neither Amanda nor Daddy have their normal energetic smile. Not because they were tired, but because Mommy didn't make it home last night. Cancer unexpectedly took her.

Now "Daddy" must find a way to care for three small children and his six-year old son while holding down a new executive position within his company.

For the moment, making pancakes is thing that keeps their family together.

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memoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of thisparentingparentingMore like thisLess of this
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emotionalemotionalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 244 pages

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