This lyric got stuck in my head this past week. Not the whole song but just that lyric. It stuck when my youngest daughter brought home her proofs for her senior pictures. That's my Pie on the left. She's my youngest, smart, brave (actually fearless to a fault) and beautiful. She is starting her senior year and thinking about college.
That's my bear on the right. Kind, hilarious and beautiful. She's all grown up now with a few years of college behind her and the uncertain road of the future before her. She is nannying and thinking about what her next step will be.
Daughters like these make that lyric stand out. "Fathers be good to your daughters." That's a weighty call to a dad. What does it mean to be good to your daughter? I don't know the answer. I only know that I wanted to treat these girls in such a way that any man that ever wanted to date them would have to meet a high standard for what "being good to them" meant. After all these girls are smart, kind, fearless, funny, beautiful and most of all, loved.
When I look at these pictures, or when I'm having dinner with my daughters, or when I think about the years of their growing up, I think about that lyric. I think about what wonderful daughters I have. I think about being good to them. I love these girls.
ACTION POINT: Fathers be good to your daughters.
1 comment:
I have never heard it said better. If only every dad just did that one simple thing.
They are lucky girls.
And yes, beautiful, brave, smart, hilarious.
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