Sep

Enjoying Moments with my Girls

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After my long Eden Diet and Water Fast, life seems a little more precious and enjoyable. I have loads more energy and wake up early enough now to really get my day started with my kids. My new life finds me up at five in the morning. I write my posts every day, going back and forth between this site and my lifetips dad site; read a little or wrap up some work from the day before. A little quiet time to get my thoughts in order before starting the day – it’s nice to have that time. My real pleasure comes when my ladies wake up. I prepare all their meals and I love caring for them. I can say without a shred of doubt caring for my kids brings me more joy than anything I’ve ever done in my entire life. I enjoy it that much.

I pick up my youngest daughter every day and hold her like it’s my last day to enjoy the moment. Don’t ever take something like holding your child for granted – it would be fair to you or them. I cherish the moments.

My oldest daughter starts 1^st grade in a week and she is way too excited. I tried picking her up and throwing her in the air like when she was younger, but she’s too tall now. When I bend down to pick her up she’s just too tall. Just like that it’s over. Somehow it doesn’t seem fair. I feel a little cheated. She loved it when I tossed her about over and over. My youngest really doesn’t care for it – she never really did. It something Bella and I enjoyed together. Now she wants to print paper cards off the internet and glue them together to give to her mother. She’s so sweet.

I’m guessing this is how fathers become estranged with their daughters. As they grow older and their interests shift to more feminine endeavors we begin to pull away or they do, if Dad doesn’t show any real interest in their new interests. Well, I’m not going down THAT road. I’m moving on from throwing her about to Paper Mache – I have too. I don’t want to lose her.

Where’s the scissors and glue? Daddy’s still here.