I Raised My Triplet Nieces for 22 Years-What They Did at Their College Graduation Brought Me to My Knees

Uncle Owen until they were nearly 4. Then Sadie fell from a climbing frame at the park and screamed, “Daddy!”

I ran to her before realizing she meant me.

Soon Lily and Nora began calling me Dad, too.

No one held a family meeting about it.

One day I was Uncle Owen.

The next, I was simply Dad.

Twenty-two years passed slowly while I lived them and far too quickly continue reading …