Dannie Maddox gives us a count down to take us back step by step to her birth
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Our History
by Dannie Maddox
17. My dad is back with his other family, but it’s okay.
16. My dad came home HOME and we connected like he never left.
15. I went to prom and my dad wasn’t there to tell me I am BEAUTIFUL.
14. My dad went back to jail, but this time I witnessed him getting arrested.
13. I was a jealous little brat because I didn’t feel like Daddy’s little princess anymore, thanks to Tiana.
12. I hated my dad.
11. My dad left me and my mom, AGAIN, but this time it wasn’t for a jail cell. It was for a different family.
10. I finally got to see my dad for my fifth grade graduation.
9. My dad explained why he was in jail for a long period of time.
8. I finally asked my mom why my dad went on vacation without us. She told me the real reason. “Baby, because Daddy is in jail.”
7. I started receiving letters from my dad because he “lost his phone.”
6. I finally talked to my dad (even though it was for a short period of time).
5. I started school without my dad.
4. My mom was lying to me, saying that my dad was on “vacation.”
3. My dad went missing.
2. I always went on “business trips” with my dad—because that’s what he called them.
1. Dannie Girl was my daddy’s little princess!
0. An angel was brought into the Maddox family.
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