"Daddy's Girl"

God is good to give you a little girl.

There is nothing more humbling than
a little girl who loves her daddy.
You will be her hero you know.

Soon she will walk to you,
and then run to you with energy
and life and light that breaks
through the fog left behind
from a world of chaos
to sweet serenity and complete wonder.

It won’t be long before mama’s baby girl
will be daddy’s little girl,
and daddy’s girl she’ll stay.

A father is a little girl’s first affirmation
of acceptance and love
for who she is on the inside.

She will know her limitations
because you will set them.
She will take great courage
and walk with confidence
under the protection and guidance of
the strongest man in the world!

She will think great thoughts
and walk tall and proud
to have her daddy by her side.

Then that inevitable day will come
when there standing before you
is the second most beautiful
young woman in the world
who looks very much like the first…
but has her fathers’ eyes.

And suddenly you will think and act
much differently from your youth.
You will know what awaits her
and prepare her for it.
She will have your good sense
as one who knows better.

Perhaps one day she will find herself
in a difficult situation
wherein what she may want
is not your best for her.
She may weaken under her own misconceptions
and walk away with a broken heart.

You will be there defend her honor.
Then you will understand.
How good it is for God to give you a little girl.