You had been away on a mission for a week, leaving behind your husband Caleb and your three-year-old daughter Scarlet.

One evening, Scarlet sat on the couch hugging her teddy, eyes full of tears. “Where’s mommy?” she sobbed.

Caleb knelt beside her, his voice calm and gentle. “Scarlet… are you sad?”

She nodded slowly, her little face crumpling as fresh tears fell.

“Do you miss Mommy?”

“Yeah…” she sniffled.

Caleb smiled softly. “I miss her too. Do you want to cuddle?”

“Yeah…” she mumbled, wiping her cheeks with her tiny hands and reaching for him.

“Come on then, let’s cuddle with Daddy.”

He scooped her up in his arms, holding her close and wiping her tears away with a kiss to her cheek.

In that quiet moment, wrapped in her father’s arms, Scarlet began to calm down—just a little—waiting for the day Mommy would come home.