A story... Author unknown
Her hair was up in a pony tail, her favourite dress tied
with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school, and she
couldn't wait to go.
But her mommy tried to tell her, that she probably should
stay home.
Why the kids might not understand, if she went
to school alone.
But she was not afraid;
She knew just what to say.
What to tell her
classmates of why he wasn't there today.
But still her
mother worried, for her to face this day alone.
And that
was why once again, she tried to keep her daughter home.
But the little girl went to school, eager to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees a dad who never calls.
There were daddies along the wall in back, for everyone
to meet.
Children squirming impatiently, anxious in their
seats.
One by one the teacher called, a student from the
class.
To introduce their daddy, as seconds slowly
passed.
At last the teacher called her name, every child turned
to stare.
Each of them was searching, for a man who
wasn't there.
"Where's her daddy at?" she heard a boy
call out.
"She probably doesn't have one," another
student dared to shout
And from somewhere near the back,
she heard a daddy say,
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
too busy to waste his day."
The words did not offend her, as she smiled up at her
Mom.
And looked back at her teacher, who told her to go
on.
And with hands behind her back, slowly she began to
speak.
And out from the mouth of a child, came words
incredibly unique.
"My Daddy couldn't be here, because he lives so far away.
But I know he wishes he could be, since this is such a
special day.
And though you cannot meet him, I wanted you
to know.
All about my daddy, and how much he loves me so.
He loved to tell me stories he taught me to ride my bike.
He surprised me with pink roses, and taught me to fly a
kite.
We used to share fudge sundaes, and ice cream in a
cone.
And though you cannot see him, I'm not
standing here alone.
"Cause my daddy's always with me,
even though we are apart
I know because he told me, he'll
forever be in my heart"
With that, her little hand
reached up, and lay across her chest.
Feeling her own
heartbeat, beneath her favourite dress.
And from somewhere
in the crowd of dads, her mother stood in tears.
Proudly
watching her daughter, who was wise beyond her years.
For
she stood up for the love of a man not in her life.
Doing
what was best for her, doing what was right.
And when she
dropped her hand back down, staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a voice so soft, but its message clear and
loud.
"I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star.
And if he could, he'd be here, but heaven's just too far
You see he was a fireman and died just two past years
When airplanes hit the towers and taught Americans to fear.
But sometimes when I close my eyes, it's like he never went
away."
And then she closed her eyes, and saw him there
that day.
And to her mother's amazement, she witnessed
with surprise.
A room full of daddies and children, all
starting to close their eyes.
Who knows what they saw
before them, who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps for
merely a second, they saw him at her side.
"I know you're
with me Daddy," to the silence she called out.
And what happened next made believers, of those once
filled with doubt.
Not one in that room could explain it,
for each of their eyes had been closed.
But there on the
desk beside her, was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
And a child was blessed, if only for a moment, by the
love of her shining
bright star. And given the gift of
believing, that heaven is never too far.
They say it
takes a minute to find a special person, An hour to
appreciate
them, a day to love them, but then an entire
life to forget them.
Take the time... to live and love. Until eternity
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