A Daddy's Love

Come celebrate the moment with me. Not what will be or what is to come, but what is real and true this day: the messy, the lovely, and the unexpected.

These words are from my friend Emily at Chatting at the Sky. Today I want to tell you about a gift that I received the other night. If you want to join in on the celebration, just click on the link above.

Sunday night ended the weekend spent with our cousins, one where we had lots of fun but not a lot of sleep. Clint was gone for the evening with his high school students at church and I had to teach a class at the gym so I took the kids to my parent's house.

After class I ate dinner with my parents and then got ready to take my kids home. We were all tired - Mom, Dad, me, and the kids. The kids were literally falling apart right before my eyes and I also was trying to hold back the tears. I was simply exhausted...exhausted and irritable.

All of a sudden my Dad wrapped his arms around my slumped shoulders and said "You're a good mom!" Then he kissed me on the cheek.

I was kind of surprised and uttered a quick "thanks!" but later as I was driving home, tears filled my eyes.

Good tears.

I was still exhausted but I felt SO loved. So loved and appreciated.

Loved not only by my earthy father, but also by my Heavenly Father.

I called my dad today and told him just how much that meant to me. And yes, again there were tears in my eyes.

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Good tears, of course!

Thank You Lord for giving me my dad. I am so blessed.