Daughter, I believe in you!

Daughter,

I remember after I got home today when we had a few minutes together, you were happy, smiling at me and soaking up all the attention that I gave you. I put you on a blanket on your tummy and let you exercise your neck and arm muscles for a bit. You were enjoying it a lot at first, but after just a few short minutes you started getting upset because you wanted to quit trying. Your muscles were wearing out and you wanted to just give up.

Daughter, as your father I have a responsibility to encourage you when you are ready to give up and don’t want to keep trying. I know you are capable of more than you want to do sometimes, and this simple truth will only continue to manifest itself in more ways as you continue to grow and develop. It’s often appealing to just give up when things start getting harder, that’s the easy way, and it doesn’t allow you to grow and strengthen beyond where you are now.

Daughter, you have the potential to do many great and wonderful things in the future, and I want to help you grow by challenging and encouraging you to do more, when you want to give up. And I will always be there to believe in you, even if you don’t believe in yourself any more.

Love,

Your Father


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Daughter, keep on smiling

Daughter,

I want you to know that I enjoy coming home from work and seeing that big smile on your face light up, and that sweet little laugh of yours. You have such a happiness that surrounds you and can light up any room, don’t ever lose it. I can tell that you are happy, you enjoy life, and you enjoy our attention, don’t ever change that.

One of the things I hope you learn over time is that while the world can try to drag you down, it is up to you to choose to be happy in any moment, circumstance, and situation. You have the power to choose happiness no matter what external factors are happening around you, it’s not always easy, but it’s always a choice that you have. If you keep on doing what you do now, you’ll do great, and this should come more naturally to you than it does for most.

Daughter, I hope that you learn to use your happiness to lift up, let sunshine into the souls of others around you, and influence them to be better. Look to your mother as an example to learn this lesson, she has this affect on me, and I have become a much better man because of it. She can teach you so many other valuable lessons as you grow up into a young woman, listen to her, confide in her, she is amazing, and will stand with me to be your support and champion in all things that are good.

Daughter, It is my hope that you learn this and many more lessons that I am trying to teach you before you are an adult. I’m trying to teach you how important that you are, how to exercise your God given talents to brighten up the world, while demanding and earning the respect that you so deserve, from yourself as well as everyone else. Daughter I love you.

Love,

Your Father


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