To all Veterans and Military!
A Touching story for you:
Daddy's Poem
Her hair was up in a
pony tail,
|
her
favorite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school,
and she
couldn't wait to go.
But
her mommy tried to tell her,
that she probably should stay home;
why the
kids might not understand,
if she went to school
alone.
But
she was not afraid;
she knew just what to say.
What to tell her
classmates
of why he wasn't there today.
But
still her mother worried,
for her to face this day alone.
And that was
why, once again,
she tried to keep hr daughter
home.
But
the little girl went to school,
eager
to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees, a dad
who never
calls.
There were daddies along the wall in
back, for
everyone to meet.
Children squirming impatiently,
anxious in their
seat.
One
by one the teacher called
on a student from the class.
To introduce their
daddy,
as seconds slowly passed.
At
last the teacher called her name,
every child turned to stare.
Each of
them was searching,
a man who wasn't there.
"Where's
her daddy at?"
she heard a boy call out.
"She probably doesn't have
one,"
another student dared to shout.
And from somewhere near the back,
she heard a
daddy say,
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
too busy to waste his
day."
The
words did not offend her,
as she smiled up at her Mom.
And looked back at
her teacher, who
told her to go on.
And
with hands behind her back,
slowly she began to speak..
And out from the
mouth of a child,
came words incredibly unique.
"My
Daddy couldn't be here,
because he lives so far away.
But I know he wishes
he could be,
since this is such a special day.
And
though you cannot meet him,
I wanted you to know
all about my
daddy,
and how much he loves me so.
He loved to tell me stories,
he taught me to
ride my bike;
he surprised me with pink roses,
and taught me to fly a
kite.
We
used to share fudge sundaes,
and ice cream in a cone.
And though you
cannot see him.
I'm not standing here alone.
'Cause my daddy's always with me,
even though
we are apart;
I know because he told me,
he'll forever be in my
heart"
With
that, her little hand reached up,
and lay across her chest.
Feeling her
own heartbeat,
beneath her favorite dress.
And
from somewhere there in the crowd of dads,
her
mother stood in tears.
Proudly watching her daughter,
who was wise beyond
her years.
For she stood up for the love
of a man not in
her life.
Doing what was best for her,
doing what was a
right.
And when she dropped
her hand back
down, staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a
voice so soft,
but its message clear and
loud.
"I
love my daddy very much,
he's my shining star.
And if he could, he'd be
here,
but heaven's just too far.
You
see he is an American Soldier
and he died just this past
year,,
when
a roadside bomb hit his convoy
and taught Americans to
fear.
But
sometimes when I close my eyes,
it's like he never went away."
And then
she closed her eyes,
and saw him there that day.
And
to her mother's amazement,
she witnessed with surprise,
a room full of
daddies and children,
all starting to close their
eyes.
Who
knows what they saw before them;
who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps
for merely a second,
they saw him at her side.
"I
know you're with me Daddy,"
to the silence she called out.
And what
happened next made believers,
of those once filled with
doubt.
Not
one in that room could explain it,
for each of their eyes had been closed.
But there on the desk beside
her,
was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
And a child was blessed, if only for
a
moment, by the love of her shining star.
And given the gift of
believing,
that heaven is never too far.
Blessings!
To Change or Not to Change;
2. Love the color of red. I mean, I like green (my previous blog color, in case you've forgotten) too--partial to it, but red? It's a power color. Good for: 
