Thursday, March 20, 2014

Happy Birthday Dad!

So, the other day I got asked if I was a daddy’s girl. I thought about it for a little bit and I decided that yes I am very much that way. I didn't grow up with a father who was there to warn me against the unwise and be there to encourage me, tell me I’m pretty or even just there for me period. When I was pregnant, lost and lonely the Lord gave me a wonderful man to help guide me. A man who has shown nothing, but kindness from day one.
I remember being in the hospital and Laurie calling you to tell you we were there and they were admitting me, then I also remember hearing her call back not more than an hour and a half later to tell you that the precious little girl who now calls you grandpa was born.
The first day you met her I knew that my little girl was going to call you grandpa, I could tell by the look on your face and the way you talked to her that God had blessed us with a man that I could call dad and she could call “my papa.”
At that first doctors visit after we were out of the hospital and the nurse called Laurie the grandma, was the day that you became grandpa to little Amy. From that day on that special bond formed between you and Amy, that bond that only a grandfather can have with his granddaughter. One that I see, kind of like the bond I have with my grandpa.
I can’t say that I truly remember the day that I started to see you more of a father figure than a threat in my life. But, I can say that I’m sure glad that I have grown to love you more and more because every day God show’s me a little more of his love through you. You’ve grown to be so much like a dad to me that whenever I talk about you I’m always referring to you as my dad.
From the day we were both born God began to prepare us for this time in our life. He prepared us for the day that I first met you and Laurie as a scared pregnant teenager, to the time now where I can comfortably call you dad. God began to prepare our hearts from that first meeting, so as time progressed his love for us has become more and more clear.
God choose the perfect family to bring me into, to steer me in the right path, to steer me in the direction of Him. God truly choose the perfect man to show me the wonder and the glory of his love. He choose a man who even though we can get irritated with each other at times, I know will never stop loving me like one of his own.
I’m proud to be given the chance to call you dad. Thrilled to be able to have the dad in my life to remind me I’m loved, I’m beautiful and people care. I will be the first to admit, yes I’m a very big daddy’s girl and not afraid to admit it because I have an AWESOME dad! I love you to pieces!!! Oh, and happy birthday :)
First time he held Amy :)
His favorite picture of the two of them :)

His 50th Birthday dinner!

My 21st Birthday