He won’t often sit down for heart to heart talks.
But he will make sure that you have safe tires on your car, and he’ll even go have them put on for you so you can avoid the smelly tire place.
He won’t be up for a chick flick marathon with lots of junk food.
But he will fix your computer on a moment’s notice, even when it’s probably your fault that it’s broken.
He won’t always be good with expressing how he feels in words.
But he will hug you hard, he will interrogate your future spouse, he will teach you how to ride a bike (and he will make you get back on when you fall).
He won’t know how to tell you what’s on his mind.
But he will whisper to you in the dark how proud he is of you, when he thinks you are asleep.
There will be rocky times – between Dads and daughters – there will be times of exasperated sighs, eye rolls, and dramatic exits. There will be times when neither one knows how to get through to the other.
But then, you will dance together on your wedding day, he will hold you when your heart is hurting, and you will watch him take care of your mother with such tenderness that you feel as though your heart is on the outside and you will know you were born of love.
And then one day, you will call him in tears. Because you’ve had an eyelash stuck on your eye for 6 hours, your eye is swelling and you don’t know what to do.
And he will tell you to pop your eye ball out of your head and remove the eye lash.
And then you’ll ask him to have your Mom call you back when she gets home.
Love this…
I was crying after the first sentence and then you made me laugh out loud when you got to the eyeball part. I would've so wanted my mom to call me back too! So funny!!!
Dad's are funny that way, that have those things funny sayings that just make you feel good and safe or just laugh!…My Dad would say with a smile if I fell and scraped my knee "I'll get the knife!"
It would always make me choke on my boogers when i was crying. And we all know how good that feels 🙂
Love this. My dad gets new tires put on my car even though I am a married momma of 3~
That was beautiful!
You really have a way with words Jenn! Lovely post. You look a lot like your dad, same smile.
Beautifully written and so touching. Your dad sounds fantastic. Loved it!
Great! Love the "teaching how to ride a bike"… brought back some memories!
aah – that is really sweet and beautifully written!
So sweet!
You've got a great dad! Really sweet post!
Jenn, I love it! =) It's adorable. I love that you don't make him a superhero, but are honest. And so endearing! You must have a very special relationship.
I. Loved. This. I don't even know how to express clearly how much I loved this. Great, just great. You captured the relationship between fathers and daughters perfectly.
I could ramble on forever about this. The end was BRILLIANT. HA! The entire thing was brilliant.
I know where one of my votes is going this week!
Perfection, Jenn. Absolute perfection.
I know it's not the most touching example, but I just love the "eyelash in your eye" lines. So true! A wonderful post.
This is an absolutely wonderful tribute to your father! Love the eyeball part!
I'm definitely guilty of getting my dad to take my car to get the oil changed. Not because it's smelly…..but because I got tired of being told about 8 other things that were wrong with my car every time simply because I was a girl! 🙂 I love my dad and love the way that your post captured the dad/daughter love.
This is so sweet – it sounds a lot like my own father!
hhahahah, I love the funny twist at the end.
Gotta love Dads. I was all, "Awww, how sweet!" and then I laughed. So good. (hope you got that eyelash situation figured out!)
This is so precious and love every moment you shared especially the last one, I hope mom helped you get your eyelash out of you eye:) Lovely post!
This is just so sweet and funny and lovely.
This is my dad, exactly. This was so beautifully written, I got teary. Great, great post.
Awesome! My dad used to laugh because we would call home, get our car/computer/finance advice and then ask for mom… he started just calling out for our mother after five minutes on the phone. They're special, those dads…
You're a lucky girl. Sweet post. Ellen
Ha! I love the last line. Great post!
I absolutely loved the last part of this piece. Really terrific writing.
I am so terribly jealous. I was 8 when our dad was killed in the line of duty and to this day I call people to ask if my husband is being appropriate with my son. I don't know how dads are supposed to work and it's not fair because I KNOW he adored us. Thanks for the glimpse.
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So sweet and then hilarious. Loved the ending.
He sounds very much like my Dad…does he also call to remind you to get your oil changed? Really loved the way this is written, well done!
Love this and this is SO my dad, he is sweet and kind but doesn't quite know what to do with me sometimes, so then I ask to talk to my mom :).
This made me cry.
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