![]() ![]() ![]() Overwhelmed by the responsibility of fatherhood, he took the easy way out and left his wife and little boy twenty years ago to pursue professional success. She's a smart kid - smart enough to know that she won't beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.Īs the man tells his son about this plucky little girl, he slowly reveals more about himself: while he may be a successful businessman, idolized by the media and his peers, he knows he failed as a parent. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. The father admits to his son that he's taken a life but he won't say whose - not yet. But this isn't your typical Christmas story. ![]() It all begins with a father telling a story to his son on Christmas Eve. An insightful and poignant holiday novella about a man who sacrificed his family in the single-minded pursuit of success and the courageous little girl fighting for her life who crosses his path. ![]()
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