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This Is Fatherhood: 7 Dads Describe the Moment It Got Real

By Amy Joyce — 2019

To mark this Father’s Day, we asked dads to describe a moment when they truly felt like a father, in 500 words or fewer. Here are some of our favorite essays.

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