Dearest Avaleigh,
I don’t know what you have done to me, but you have turned me into a mess.
Before you were born, I think the last time I shed a tear was when I looked at your Mom on our wedding day. Babe, I can’t begin to describe the beauty the came from your mother that day. I can still see it in my mind. Her hair was up, her eyes shined so bright, and her lips glimmered from the way the light hit her lipstick. We were reciting our vows and the preacher said “for better or worse.” At that moment, your Mom smiled at me and I was overcome with emotion because I just didn’t see how “worse” could apply to something so beautiful. For as beautiful as she in on the outside, her beauty from within, made from honesty, sincerity, and kindness, makes her perfection in my eyes.
Just when I didn’t think things could get better, she gave me you. Since you have come along, I’m moved to tears when I hear a song or see something touching. Just yesterday, I was watching a man talk about the love he had for his daughters and I teared up. I never knew love could be so powerful. But to be honest, I don’t think I knew what love was until I knew you. The moments that we have shared has shown me so much and I think I have grown as a man during that time. I think that God made me your father, but he put in my heart that only love can make me your Daddy. I also learned that if I wanted to be a good Dad, I had to learn to be a good husband. I had to contribute to the parenting process and I have tried, Avaleigh, I have tried so hard. I try for you. I try for Mommy. I want her to feel that love that she has put in my heart and I want for you to see the love that you helped to strengthen. I have learned to cherish all the things about being a parent that I thought I would hate. I love our time when I feed you, when I change your diaper, when you spit up on my shirt right before I walk out of the house to go to work. I have learned to love those moments….because our memories are these moments…and I will remember each with my family with joy.
Today, we had another moment. We found out that you were going to have a……….
Sister.
It was all I could do to hold back tears. My heart is so full, Avaleigh. My heart is so full. I’m am unfairly blessed. I do not deserve the treasures I have been given. Avaleigh, having a person/people in your life that you love makes you a family. Have a place that you can go together is having a home. Having both…..is a blessing.
Thank you, Lord, for the abundant blessings you have given us.
The deepest love that is known to man is one that is sure to last,
it’s one that is unconditional to any time that has passed.
Like a diamond is forever and much more precious than a pearl,
the love that a father has for Daddy’s little girls.
I will love you today, tomorrow, and forever,
Daddy
Dad of Girls 