Our friends at We Heart Books brought to our attention the story of Jim and Kristen Brozina, a father and daughter whose bedtime story ritual spanned 3, 218 nights. Without fail.

What started as a challenge to reach 100 uninterrupted nights endured for nine years, overcoming hundreds of conflicting commitments and outliving the Brozina family itself. But the two held through it all to amusing—if not awkward—outcomes:

As Kristen got older, she was active in community theater groups that would rehearse late, and a few dozen times, Mr. Brozina turned up and read to her between scenes. One night, a rehearsal for “I Remember Mama” was supposed to end at 11:30, but the director, upset with the performance, was yelling at the players. “Our rule was we had to read before midnight and it had to be at least 10 minutes,” Mr. Brozina said. “It was 11:45 and he wasn’t letting up.”

“Dad took me off the stage,” Kristen said. “I was 17.”

“We sat in the auditorium and I read to her,” said Mr. Brozina.

The “Streak,” as it’s known, came to an end in 2006 when Kirsten moved away for college. To celebrate their curtain call, the Brozinas read the book they started with, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The article is deftly written and worth the read. And if any of you are Hollywood producers, we suggest you quickly snap up the rights to this lovely story.