My Dad Shattered My Trophy on Graduation Day—But What Broke Me More Was His Silence
He sat there, jaw tight, words caught somewhere between his thoughts and his tongue, as if each syllable required careful chewing before it could escape. “This…this isn’t what you should be striving for,” he finally managed, his voice low, almost lost in the ambient hum of the kitchen. In his eyes, frustration simmered, but beneath…