To all the Dads out there

"Suzette Vermillion" (vermilli@pilot.msu.edu)
Sun, 16 Mar 1997 15:53:47 -0500 (EST)


Praise the Lord!  Isn't the Lord GOOD??
This post is to all the Dads out there and anyone else that would like to read
it.   For the past month or so we have discused marriage and such.  My view may
not be the same as you all but one thing that all must think about is when one
is thinking about divorce don't for get the CHILDREN they are the broken
peices.
MY parents have been divorce for about 10 years, I was about 5 or 6 years old
and consiquently I have been raised without the influence of my father.
However, God has given me AL, who is a Godly man that is been my "Dad" for the
past 18 years no he and his wife don't give financial support but they do offer
and give emotional and spiritual support.  I know that Al will be there when
ever i need him, which is very important and I know that what ever decisions i
make in his life he will support me.  I thank the Lord for that.
I just want to tell all the fathers out there if they have daughters let them
know you love them, support them, and let them know that YOU think they are
beautiful.  Don't be fack (we are NOT stupid).  Tell them you love them,
actions are more important than words but they do need to here it.  They need
to know that you are prode of them even if they don't become the President of
the United States. It's nice to know that "DAD" believes they can do and become
anything but if they fall sort of your expectations still be prode of there
accomplishments.  Fathers are improtnat to daughters and more often than not
when they are looking for "MR. Right" they are looking for a man that is like
their DAD.  Remember that you will have a lasting impression on your daughter
whether it is good or bad.  More often than not daughters can forget their dad's
faults if they KNOW that their dad loves them NO matter what.
I have completed 4 years of college with good grades and with financial support
from noone but the goverment.  The other day Al told me he was prode of who I
am and what i become, and that in his eyes no man is good enough for me(wiping
my eyes :>)  That ment alot to me, and it made me think that often times
fathers fail to tell their daughters this when they need to hear it most.
Daughters are not wimps just a little sentimental at times.   Sometimes i wish
i hated my real father (yes i know that is wrong don't give me a lecture on
that) because then it wouldn't hurt as much when he isn't there for those
important occasions in my life.  But i don't hate him and there is a small part
of me that still dreams of the day that HE will be prode of me and say those
VERY important words "I LOVE YOU".

Well i must go and find some Klinex
God bless  and tell your children you LOVE them,
Suzette
vermilli@pilot.msu.edu