"I Love It When They Say That"

I was thinking just now about what I love or would love to hear my kids say to me.

An unsolicited "Daddy I love you".
Top of my list. Nothing like it.

"Thank you Daddy"
Fastest way to get even more of all that I have and all that is available to me.

"Can we go somewhere Daddy? Just me and you and no one else."
I don't care where it is. Whenever my kids want to go somewhere just with Daddy, daddy will make it happen.

"Daddy, will you lay with me?"
Love this one. Sometimes intimacy is talking. Sometimes it's even more intimate to just be still, be quiet, and be close. Not a bad way to end the day either.

"Daddy, will you pray for me."
At 4 Rylie doesn't always know what to pray. She can't really see the big picture that I see at 29. It's like she instinctively knows this. She loves when I pray for her. I think it's because I cover what she can't. It's funny how she can't go to sleep til I pray for her. What a gift.

"Daddy I'm afraid."
I know this sounds weird. Everybody deals with fear. I want to know what scares my kids. As their father I can help them overcome their fears and protect them from what scares them. Nothing brings out my protective side faster than this one.

"I'm so glad you're my daddy."
May sound bad to you but sometimes it's just good to hear that out of all of the daddy's in the world that I'm glad you are mine. Quite the compliment.

"Daddy please don't leave."
I hear this almost every morning before I leave for work. The more they say it the more I want to stay with them.

There's nothing like being a father. The only thing better than being a father is being the son of a good father.

When was the last time you said any of these things to your Father? As much as I love hearing these things from kids He loves hearing it from his even more.

Try it sometime. He loves it when you say that.