A hint of Daddy's Love

Letter to Daddy,

Pounding hearts always fill my body when I get the love, I deserve from you Daddy. Not knowing where to be and not knowing what to feel has always been clarity enough for me to latch on to your love. Every step of my intellectual growth is because of you and how you never gave up showing and teaching me the right steps to take in life and situations.

Every day was a day of knowledge, a day of rejuvenated life where I watch what it meant to be a man and how you worked so hard to show me what real love is in my life. There was never a day that you didn't take the time to help me elevate my love for my passions or the love I shared for people. You were always one phone call or step away. I would never forget how you helped me learn how to cook hamburger helper on the stove so that me and my brother would not be without while you were working. You were very patient with me at those times and while cooking we would laugh or talk about the basketball games, music, or just random stuff that would teach me and just entertain me in the process. In a weird way those times you showed me care because you cared about how I would care for my younger brother. You played video games with me and taught me how to drive those cars on the PlayStation. Whenever someone would treat me wrong, you would explain to me that not everybody is the same person as you and to be mindful of who you trust and what you give to others. Even when I was wrong for my choices while growing up in high school there would be the lecture that followed or theory as I called it. The time it took to explain and breakdown what I feel and how they were justice to my actions was different from the way I viewed myself. You saw me! A child who was eager to learn, ready to have fun, and ready to trust anyone who was nice to me.

In high school when I did not make the best decisions, you were there to explain to me what I did wrong and how to make those better choices when faced again. Not only did you give me tough love, but also the guidance to follow. Guidance that was necessary not only for school but for life. You taught me that my decisions now can have a big impact on how I viewed my future but also how I would occasionally behave in those moments. You helped not just a part of me but more of me than you will ever know and that was due to your presence and the lessons that were taught even when I did not feel like hearing them. Never was there a moment where I did not feel like I wasn't loved because your lessons were not to yell or scowl me but to only point out where I was wrong and how to be better in the future.

Clarity was given in all the ways you showed and never was there a moment where I did not feel like you did not listen to me because you made it very easy to come to you with anything that I was faced with growing up. When I would get angry at situations you would tell me to calm down and to think about the choices that you were making and not about what I was feeling. That overflow of trust from you was built off of time spent on the weekends showing me that you can work very hard and still have fun when it is time to. There was always a new adventure when with you and you made things much better when I knew the theory talk was coming. Back then I laughed because you always had an intellectual conversation with me, but now I look back and appreciate those talks because it helped me be a better person today. A celebration of love on this Father's Day. There would never be a gift that I could give that would be better than saying I appreciate the time spent with me and the lessons you brought forward that prepared me for life today. Happy Father's Day!

Best,

The Loving Daughter