Would I be standing here
After all these years?
After all these years?
Among the stars above
Maybe not, if it wasn't for your love
Maybe not, if it wasn't for your love
Smiling faces all around
Like when a king has just been crowned
A battle has been won
That I'd have lost
If it wasn't for your love
A fairy tale unfolds
More true than stories I've been told
More true than stories I've been told
At last my chance to shine
And all in perfect time
And all in perfect time
The life I once dreamed of
Who'd have thought?
If it wasn't for your love
And oh the wonderful surprise!
To have a light so bright it blinds
It blinds my eyes
And finally I see
how it feels to live a dream
But would I have touched the sky?
Ever flown so high?
No not I. . .
if it wasn't for your love . . .
. . .your love
~ Heather Headley
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Happy Father's Day. Thank you to all of the fathers out there who, through their consistent and unselfish love, give there kids a fighting chance in this life.
Now playing. . . . . . warning: May require Kleenex (at least it does when I hear it while looking at these photos. . ha ha ha.)
You know, it has occurred to me a couple of times now that the BHE and Poopdeck could write a pretty wonderful book for fathers. So many men didn't have the kind of father that you have, and your children have. Not perfect, but THERE. Present, hands on, fiercely loving. The pictures you post of the two of them with their kids always bring tears to my eyes (in a good way). If only...
ReplyDeleteYou are surrounded by good men, and with these magnificent fathers you are raising two more. I love watching them grow, and the sure and beautiful way they are being guided. Happy Father's Day to these fine men who lead by example.
ReplyDeleteI love how the BHE looks so stern but the love shines through his eyes so much!
ReplyDeleteIt is so good for me to visit the blogs of women who had the fathers who loved them and who picked out the fathers to love their babies and at least I have that part. But in a little fantasy way, I can look at the pictures of y'all's daddies and I can pretend for a moment that I had a daddy who looked at me that way. Who was proud.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me cry but it makes me realize a lot of things I need to realize so it's good.
Thank you.