“This photo makes my heart so full. This is my 7 year old daughter at her “Donuts with Dad” event last week. But that’s not her dad, not her biological one anyway. But the reason this is so special is because for months after I met the man in this photo, my daughter would have nothing to do with him. She was rude to him, refused to eat anything he made for dinner, wouldn’t sit next to him, and would even stand in the window and stare him down as he was leaving my house. All the while, he just kept trying. No matter what she put him through, there he was, trying again and again. Night after night, he never gave up.
That was almost 3 years ago. Look at this picture. Look at the happiness. These two are inseparable now. They skateboard, play video games, and gang up on me 🙂 They are two peas in a pod. When the “Donuts with Dad” flyer came home from school, the first thing my daughter did was ask the man in this photo to come with her. He took her to her Father/Daughter dance. She dug pictures he drew out of the trash and took them to school to decorate her cubby. He makes her breakfast and takes her to school every Monday morning. Not because I can’t, but because he asked to so that he can spend time with her.
When the day for the “Donuts with Dad” event came around, I thanked my boyfriend for going with my daughter. You know what he told me? ‘Stop that, right now. Don’t thank me for doing what a parent is supposed to do.’
Thank you for never giving up.”
Posted BY Tracy Crawford~