After My Spider-Man Figure Burned, Dad Was No Longer My Hero

Synopsis

On my son's seventh birthday, my firefighter husband flaked on him again just to celebrate the birthday of his fallen captain's daughter. Holding the Spider-Man action figure his father had given him, Leo asked me with red eyes: "Mom, is Dad always being everyone else's Spider-Man because I'm not good enough?" Later, a fire broke out at the mall, trapping my son and me inside the inferno. On the other side, Sophia and Ava were trapped as well. Knowing full well that his own wife and son were waiting for him, Keller still made his choice. By the time we narrowly escaped with our lives, Leo's most cherished Spider-Man figure had been swallowed by the flames. He cried and asked: "Why didn't 'Spider-Man' come save us?" Only at that moment did I truly understand-Some men can be a hero to the entire world, yet fail to be a hero to their own wife and child.