It's "Dad's Day at Work" day at school. "Everyone's dads will be there except mine," Hadley thinks,"he always has to be gone. The Army took him away again. What will the other kids think? Will they laugh at me since my dad isn't here? Will they say I don't have a dad again? Mom says its important for me to tell about dad's job and how it helps other people. I have this cool stuff he sent me to show but I just want him..."