To Be a Little Girl

Daddy, will you catch me if I jump?

And Daddy, when I ask this, I am really wanting to know so much more. 

I'm asking, "Will you always be there for me?"

For you see daddy, my heart is still so very tender and I need you to protect it as I heal and grow.  

And when my tears come, hold me in your strong arms, for that is where I feel the safest. 

And when I don't understand something, your patience and compassion are what is helping me to learn. 

Daddy, your love is teaching me to...

 

LAUGH

DANCE

SHARE

You see daddy, what I'm really learning is to be a little girl again.  

A little girl that's delighted in, for I've never had a daddy whose attention I captivated.   

You daddy, are teaching me that I am a beautiful, precious and irreplaceable child of God

that is worthy of love.

 

So Catch me when I jump Daddy...

And hold me tight...

And NEVER LET ME GO...

And I will learn to dance for always and forever...

"...to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes..."
Isaiah 61