Daughters

(for my girls)

If I could write the words which are the notes to the song Daughters by John Mayer I would do it (the sound is peaceful and a charming).  And then he says, "I know a girl; she puts the color inside of my world.  She's just like a maze, where all of the walls continually change". 

John pretty much sums up how I feel about my daughters.  I don't know what or who I'd be without them.  They reinforce me and inspire me and challenge me and make me a better person.  I honestly can't imagine what my life would be like without my girls.  They have caused me grief and pain, but - on balance - their good hearts keep me alive.  They are fierce, both of them.  In totally different ways. 

I wonder if I parented them right.  If what I see on a daily means anything, I'd say they are two of the best people I've ever met.  One's on a bender and one's on a mission.  (Currently.) 

I want nothing but good for them, and when I hear that they have to encounter the trials and tribulations of being alive, I want to go into mama-bear mode.  But we have to let the people we created be the people they are.  I can't be with them all the time physically, but I have their back on a soul-level every single day. 

"Fathers be good to your daughters, because they will turn into lovers who turn into mothers."