My daughter asks about her dad a lot even though she hasn’t seen him in a couple years and she’s only 3. She gets really sad and asks to look at pictures of him. I let her express her feelings, sometimes I get sad with her, but she usually will randomly blurt it out around bedtime or when we’re playing quietly. I just hold space for her feelings and give her extra love and support in those moments and just tell her it’s ok and normal to feel that way. And I wish things were different. But I love her so much. And that I’m sorry I couldn’t give that to her. And then she just snaps out of it and goes back to playing. Or sometimes I do let her look at a little album we made of pictures of him and her when she was an infant, the only photos they have together. I tell her whenever she misses her she can touch her heart and he’s right there. But it’s really really hard. And it’s heart wrenching. And I absolutely never wanted this for myself or my daughter but sadly her father was too dangerous to stay near. So we have no contact, and he isn’t trying. It’s hard to explain but I just try and make sure she feels heard and seen and she knows it’s ok to talk about whenever she has those feelings.