Aletheia: Daddy, do you want me to be happy?

Me: Well, no, that’s asking a bit too much, dear. But I do want you to have a full life.

Aletheia: [Blank stare. Then tears.]

I probably shouldn’t consider existential questions when I’m around my daughter.

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