Will You Let Me Go?

Last night I watched a movie titled "Christopher Robin".   It was a fantasy tale about a boy's animated stuffed animals and his reconnection with them after he has a family and a demanding job.  His favorite is a bear named "Pooh".  Christopher lets it slip that he is planning to "let some of his workers go".  Given the decades of abandonment that Pooh has endured, he asks Christopher in the saddest tone, "Christopher, did you let me go?".

It was the most touching scene I've ever seen in a movie.

I immediately switched gears and fast forwarded to the coming final minutes I'll have with Bella.  I pictured her looking at me like Pooh did and asking, "Will you let me go?"

Of course, the answer to this is, "Yes, Bella.  I will eventually have to let you go."  Not because I want to, but because it will be the kindest thing I can do for my sweetest girl.

And that thought brings tears to my eyes.