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Cassidy and Chris came over the other day. Sometimes they just like to hang out together. Chris walks in with Cassidy on his hip and a pink diaper bag hanging from his arm. He's so comfortable. He looks so natural. He puts her down and gets on his knees and takes off her pink coat and her pink fluffy hat. He talks to her. She smiles her special smile for him alone. She's got her daddy wrapped around her little finger, she knows it, he knows it and the both love it. You can see it in their eyes as if they are dancing to a tune all of their own.
It kind of reminds me of snow globe. I can look in as they share their special moment but I can't be a part of this world. It's not mine to have. It belongs to a daddy and his little girl.
I watch in wonder. When did this happen? When did my son become a little girl's Knight in Shining Armor. When did he put away footballs for baby dolls and teddy bears?
She seems to have a glow about her as she butters him up. He melts. I melt watching them. She crawls up on the couch and sits next to him. Her little legs dangling off the couch. She gives him her baby doll to hug and he does and gives her baby a kiss too. The football game is on but his focus is on his little Pink Princess. The ball is definitely in her hands now. She got the home field advantage.
You know as I raised a son I could never image a moment like this. No, this is something you just experience for the first time.
I'm so proud of Chris. He's turning into such a wonderful daddy. Often we talk about life and how it can be such a struggle at times. Yet Chris will say to me " All I have to do is look at my daughter and I know I have it all. He tells me that he's the lucky one." Sure he would like to have this or that. He wish he could give Cassidy so much more, he wants her to have everything but he knows already that love is what she really needs. Love is what she'll remember. That he can give her. He knows how. It's free.