The Best Day of Sheilas Life

Sheila’s daddy was a sailor He came home on leave for a week or two each year Her mother had passed when she was a baby She lived with her aunt’s family Sheila was thrilled whenever Daddy came home Usually in November and May Daddy was so warm and exciting, and he had hazel eyes like hers When she was eight he was home to attend a Daddy-daughter dance. Sheila had never been as happy as that day She loved showing him off to her friends. Many of them did not believe she had a daddy. She remembered that day for the rest of her life Whenever she missed her daddy she would take out the photo Of her dancing in red patent leather shoes She never again experienced that kind of joy It was the last day she saw her Daddy.