My 5-Year-Old Daughter Called Me at Work: ‘Mom Left the House with Her Stuff and Told Me to Wait for You, Daddy’

I never imagined I’d be the guy whose wife just vanished. But a week ago, that’s exactly what happened. And I found out through our five-year-old daughter.

It was a regular Tuesday—emails, meetings, and thoughts of Taco Tuesday, our family tradition. Then my phone rang. Caller ID read Home.

I answered. “Hey, Laur—”

But it wasn’t my wife. It was Alice, small and fragile. “Daddy? Mommy left.”

I pushed back my chair, heart pounding. “What do you mean?”

“She took her big suitcase. Hugged me tight. Said to wait for you.”

“Did she say where she was going?”

“No. Just that I should be a big girl.”

I sped home, bursting through the door. Silence. The house felt hollow. Alice curled on the couch, clutching her stuffed rabbit.

Then I saw it—a white envelope on the counter.

Kevin, I can’t live like this anymore. By the time you read this, I’ll be gone. You’ll know what happened in a week. Take care of Alice. —Laurel

She hadn’t just left me. She left Alice too.

Days passed. No trace of her. Then, on the seventh day, she appeared—on TV, under stage lights. Singing. Radiant. Alive.

When asked why now, she smiled. “Because I realized if I didn’t chase my dreams, I never would.”

I turned off the TV.

Alice whispered, “Why did Mommy leave?”

“Because she wanted to fly.”

And I? I let her go.

 

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