Dear Dad, I Pray for Our Healing
You are on my mind today. But that’s not unusual. It’s crazy how after 13 years, it doesn’t feel that…
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You are on my mind today. But that’s not unusual. It’s crazy how after 13 years, it doesn’t feel that…
Continue ReadingIt’s hard for any girl dad to imagine a time when his daughter will stop wanting to spend time with…
Continue ReadingWhen I was growing up, my dad’s Kentucky roots were very evident in our kitchen, especially the summertime meals he…
Continue ReadingYou were rarely the one to dry my tears. But I know you dried Mom’s after she dried mine. I went…
Continue ReadingI remember the dread each year as mid-June approached. Father’s Day was coming, and the people-pleaser in me that sought…
Continue ReadingWhen I was young, the back of my father was like the biggest mountain in the world. He was my…
Continue ReadingMy dad came over today, and for the first time in a very, very long time, I sat with him—not…
Continue ReadingI’d intended to write a sweet, good-natured post to accompany this picture. I’d intended that post to exude the love…
Continue ReadingYesterday I was walking past my 11-year-old daughter’s room when she asked me to help her with something. I went…
Continue ReadingSometimes a girl just needs her daddy. Like when she skins her knee on the sidewalk, and the only thing…
Continue ReadingDear Daddy, Your blessings are bountiful. From the first moment of breath, the very beginning, you have been her daddy.…
Continue ReadingWe were driving to see a movie when I asked Norah why she’d been calling herself fat recently. We were…
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