DADDY'S
DAY
BECAUSE
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Her hair
up in a ponytail,
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,
On this
Daddy's Day.
But still
her mother worried,
For her
to face this day alone,
And that
was why once again,
She tried
to keep her 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 seats.
One by
one the teacher called,
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 were searching,
For a
man that 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 at her friends,
And looked
back at her teacher,
Who told
her to begin.
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,
With
me on this 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 he
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 all alone.
‘Cause
my daddy's always with me,
Even
though we are apart;
I know
because he told me,
He'll
forever be here 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 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 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 heavens
just too far.
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
placed on her desktop,
Was a
beautiful fragrant pink rose.
And a
child was blessed, if only a moment,
By the
love of her shining bright star,
And given
the gift of believing,
That
heaven is never too far.
~Author Unknown But
To God~
