Daddy's love

Dear Friends,

Believe it or not being a married grown up keeps you busy! I haven't had much time to sit down and update you all on the excitement of my life. However, today I became so overwhelmed with emotion that I had to sit down and share.

I realized today, again, how wonderful it is to have the parents I have. Now I will not tell you that my parents were or are perfect, at least not by the technical definition. Yet, I know for a fact that my parent's love God and love me.

I was thinking specifically about my father today. As I listen to my neighbors argue, I am convinced that, without an intervention from Jesus, the father of the infant next door, if he even sticks around, will be at least emotionally and verbally abusive. This breaks my heart. However, this is only typical in today's culture. So many of my peers don't have dads. Or their dads are abusive, inadequate, preoccupied, unloving, unmotivated, or unaware.

I know for a fact that my daddy has a good heart. He loves me. His biggest desire for me is that I love Jesus with all my heart. Again, he has made mistakes, and yet I learn as much from his mistakes as I do from his success. And it's not hard to guess that I wasn't the easiest child to parent!

I will continue to thank God for my mom and dad. I can't imagine what a mess I could be without them.  I couldn't possibly dream of better parents. I love you guys :)


Hannah