Fathers Raising Daughters
The moment a father holds his baby girls he grows into a man. He leaves his childish nature and he knows when he looks into their eyes he is their everything. He realizes that from here on out he has to be their protector, their role model, and their friend.
He discovers for the first time how important he is and how much his decisions will count for something. Sleepless nights become an honor. Snotty noses, smelly diapers, and tossed up food are just a few cherished moments that someday will be missed.
Endless tea parties, fort building days, and countless fashion shows will make him smile as he reminisces later in life. Every day he looks forward to returning home just to see them run out the door smiling and yelling daddy, than giving him the biggest hugs ever. He knows that feeling of true unconditional love goes both ways.
As he watches them play he dreams big dreams for them and knows he would give anything in the world to make them come true for his little girls. He spends countless hours thinking and planning and hoping for the day that they have everything he wants for them.
He guides them and teaches them everything from how to act like a lady to how to fix a car. He eventually teaches them how to be tom boys, how to spit, curse, and tell jokes, which he will someday kick himself for, but for now he is proud that they look up to him so much.
Daddy’s little girls grow up in a split second and he prays that he has taught them as much as he could. He fights letting go and swears he never will. He shifts gears to keep up with his girls becoming ladies.
Just when he though the sleepless night where over, he realizes that those nights will never end. He now worries about what hold the world will have on his girls. He finds it harder and harder to have and influence on them. Now all those memories of his little girls are more important than ever.
He laughs and cries and tries harder than ever to spend as much time as he can with them, knowing that the inevitable is coming. Boys! He knows that no boy will ever be good enough for his perfect little angles. He dreads the day he has to turn over his place to a young man who has a piece of their hearts. He hopes that they will find someone who will respect, honor, and protect them the way he has. He worries that they will lose sight of their dreams and focus on someone else’s dreams.
He grabs ahold of his wife and asks” how do I let go, they have been my whole life”. He wants to fix everything and yet he knows it is no longer his place. He knows in his heart that they will always be his little girls but soon they will be in somebody else’s heart too.
To all the daughters grab ahold of your dads and let them know that you listened and thank them for being hard on you. Tell them you understand and you will never forget the most important man in your life will always be the man who looked into your eyes the day you came into this world and became the best man you have ever known.
Dads let your daughters know that you will always be there and someday you will learn to let go, a little.
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