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December 7, 2002	Susana Vera	[/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Four-year-old Branson can't help yawning while his father, Patrick Miller, reads a Dr. Seuss book to him and his brother, Angelo, 5, at the family's Raleigh home. Miller, a single dad, reads to his kids every night before they go to bed. "The most rewarding time with them was one Mother's Day while they attended day care together. There were muffins and coffee for the moms. I walked in and Branson said: 'Can we have muffins dad?' And I said: 'No Branson, those are for the moms.' 'But daddy, you are mommy and daddy, so you should get muffins too.' That made me feel so good. It meant I was doing my job. They had accepted the fact that daddy was taking care of them, that a dad can love them as much as a mom."