Today I am thankful for daddies.
- I am thankful for a Heavenly Father that loved me enough to rescue me from myself. I am thankful for His grace, mercy, redemption and love. Without Him, there is nothing.
- I am thankful for Mickey being the best husband and daddy the girls and I could ever pray for. When I see Mickey and the girls have their special moments, it melts my heart with happiness. He takes them on “dates”, he loves to cuddle with them, he plays with them, they make up fun games together and so much more. These girls adore their Daddy and he gives that right back to them tenfold. We are some blessed ladies!
- I am thankful for my dad, Jimmy. He calls me “Sis” and always has. It’s been his name for me for as long as I can remember. He was there for the birth of both of our girls even if he did have to stand behind a blue curtain. (During Macey’s birth, he sat on a big “birthing” ball.) He has taken to “Papahood” beautifully. He calls to check on us and see how we’re doing. We are definitely blessed to have Papa in our lives.
- I am thankful for “Mr.” John. He’s been in our lives since I was in 5th grade although I won’t come right out and say exactly how long ago that way, let’s just say it’s been a VERY long time. We haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but we’ve always had an open communication. And, we definitely agree on a lot more than we used to. We share a fondness for good coffee and banana nut bread. We don’t agree on the consistency of good biscuits, but we can both appreciate them in our own way. We also have a fun little rivalry going between us for the University of Georgia (GO DAWGS) and Georgia Tech. The girls also adore their Poppie and it’s reciprocal.
- I am thankful to have a great father-in-law, Scott – aka PePaw. He’s the kind of dad that takes time out of his life and schedule to come down and work on our house for a week at a time. He did this when we first moved in – he painted, re-wired, moved furniture, etc. His help was immeasurably helpful to us!! And, then this past summer he came down again and built an amazing bed for Macey. It’s a play house bed that he built from scratch! (I’ll have to share pictures one day, it’s amazing) He does this out of love and it’s just obvious how much he cares about his family. He’s quite a skilled cook, I might add. And, he’s the kind of PePaw that will always have time to play.
- I am thankful that my brother is a daddy now. Charlie and Liz have a son Jackson who will turn two in just a few weeks. It’s been just incredible to see my brother come into his own with fatherhood. He absolutely adores Jackson and Jackson is pretty sure that his DaDa hung the moon as well.
A good daddy is a blessing and I am thankful to know so many wonderful men who are not just fathers, but are amazing daddies!!
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him…
Psalm 103:13 (NIV)
