“Just to think of you makes my heart swell with pride.”
Can a dad say anything better to his little girl?
I’m not sure.
I wanna get this right?
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Hmmm. Welp. Let me go ask my 11-year-old right now.
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Ours is: I’m so glad God let me be your daddy.
He grew still and stared straight ahead through the glass doors to the nurse’s station while I talked. When I finished, he turned to me with surprise. “You got me. With that chapter.” He thought for a moment. “I didn’t know you felt all those things then.” Neither of us spoke for a moment or two; then softly I said, “Well, I did.” Dad’s eyes glazed a bit, and he said quietly, “Just to think of you makes my heart swell with pride.”
