00:01Daddy?
00:02I'm here!
00:03I'm here!
00:04Daddy, I told you I told you!
00:05Shoot!
00:06I spelled it.
00:07Oh, hi!
00:09Did you hear that?
00:11I said I didn't want any daddy but him!
00:13Why don't you write that down?
00:15My name is Lucy, and my dad Sam is not like other dads.
00:19He has the mind of a seven-year-old.
00:22Right after I was born, my mom quietly left.
00:25Dad stood on the street holding me, not knowing where to go.
00:29That night, I cried and cried, and he, in his panic, had no idea I was just hungry.
00:36Thankfully, a kind neighbor named Annie came to help.
00:41She showed Dad how to take care of me.
00:43Dad has a group of friends who are also mentally challenged,
00:47but they're kind and caring and treated me like their own daughter.
00:52He carried me on his back to work at a coffee shop,
00:55doing everything he could to keep our little family together.
00:59His world may be small, but his love for me has no limits.
01:03Soon, it was time for me to go to school.
01:06Dad wanted to buy me a pair of new shoes as a gift.
01:09How much are these?
01:11$16.19 with that.
01:14And I have $6.25.
01:18Sorry, $16.19.
01:20It's okay, Sam, because I have $3 to contribute.
01:23Sam, I've got two plus two.
01:26Oh, I've got...
01:27Okay, so is that enough?
01:29There's a God.
01:30I'll count it.
01:31Can we get a balloon with these?
01:34When we left, the store clerk gave each of us a balloon.
01:39In that moment, I wished this happiness would last forever.
01:43But as I grew up, things began to change.
01:46School got harder, and Dad struggled more and more to help with my homework.
01:51Sometimes I pretended not to understand, just so he could feel like he was still helping.
01:57But in the eyes of others, love wasn't enough.
02:00A social worker said Dad couldn't meet my needs.
02:04That I deserved a real parent.
02:07I was sent to a foster home.
02:09My foster mom was kind and caring, but it never felt like home.
02:13Late at night, I would sneak out the window and run back to Dad.
02:17But every time I fell asleep, he'd quietly carry me back.
02:22Because deep down, he knew I'd be better off with more support.
02:26Until one night, my foster mom showed up at Dad's door holding me.
02:31She realized I couldn't be without him.
02:34She offered to help Dad fight for custody and said she wanted to raise me together with him.
02:41And just like that, I came home again.
02:43Throughout my life, I've met so many kind people.
02:46And I'm grateful for all of them.
02:48But more than anything, I just want to live with my Dad forever.
02:52I'm Lucy, my Dad is Sam, and he is everything I'll ever need.
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