My daughter,

This is the first time I've ever really opened up to you like this. I think I was always too shy, so I kept avoiding these kinds of talks. Do you remember the first time we went to the amusement park together? Back then, I couldn't take you to Lotte World like you wanted. Instead, I took you to that run-down place tucked away in the mountains. You probably didn't know it then, but we were so short on money that I had to beg the landlady just to push the rent to the next month. I wanted to show you the best places, but the tickets were so expensive. I felt so guilty taking you to a place like that. But even then, you didn't show a hint of disappointment. You were so excited, saying it was great because there were no crowds, and you had so much fun riding the attractions with me.

Did you know that was the happiest moment of my life? Watching you run ahead, holding my hand tight with that tiny hand of yours... That's when I realized. All the hardships I'd endured, my aching, broken body, the bleakness of the future— none of it mattered anymore.

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Listen, Byeol. You are my everything. Whatever you want to do, whatever you desire, I will do it for you. Anything that makes my daughter happy.

I love you just the way you are.