A baby girl is
born.
Simultaneously, from amid the ranks of ordinary
men,
there emerges a mightily courgeous, gallant man ~
who is quaking in his shoes.
As they grow together,
the girl comes to
know that her father is no ordinary man.
He can hear the sound of the sun
pushing the clouds out
of her world,
and he helps her to hear it, too.
He can
taste the worst cookies that she will make
and then eat
three or four more from the same batch.
He can touch the
stars and pull them closer to her.
He can see the fire of
youthful puppy love burning
in her heart.
No, this
father is no ordinary man.
He has a body to shield his
daughter from strangers,
big dogs, and noisy things; a
broad expanse of
chest to nestle against; and an arm to
pillow
her head while watching television.
He has two
strong arms to hold her up
to touch the sky, to see inside
a bird's nest,
or to fly like an
airplane.
Fearlessly, this father and
daughter
adventure into the realms of surpise.
Together
they open doors
and share peeks at monsters;
with him,
she is never afraid.
He is there for her first bike ride.
He has flowers picked to tickle her nose,
shaving cream
dabbed on her face,
and a good-night kiss in the dark when
he
comes home late and thinks she is asleep.
In her
teenage years, he teaches her to
respect herself and
others.
He is always proud of her for trying new
things;
she doesn't always have to win.
He is a wealth
of truth in the midst
of peer group untruths,
an
impatiently driving instructor,
and a light in the
window
at twelve o'clock on a Friday night.
He is the
firm cornerstone of the family
who gives her values to
believe in,
a heritage she feels worthy of,
and an
urgency for living
her life completely.
Now, in her
adulthood, he could slow
down a bit, but he won't.
He
still utilizes his many resources
to teach is daughter
well,
and somehow his mere presence continues
to
trigger the potential in her.
So what does a
daughter say to this man
of subtle sensitivities and
infinite wisdom?
She says this...
"I love you,
Dad"..
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