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Her hair was up in a pony tail
Her favourite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's day at school.
And she could not wait to go.

But her mummy tried to tell her
That she probably should stay at home.
Why the kids might not understand
If she went to school alone..

But she was not afraid
She knew just what to say
What to tell her classmates
Of why he wasn't there today

But still her mother worried
For her to face this day alone.
And that was why once again
She tried to keep her daughter home.

But the little girl went to school
Eager to tell them all
About a Dad she never sees
A Dad who never calls

There were Daddies along the wall at the back
for everyone to meet.
Children squirming impatiently
Anxious in their seats.

At Last the teacher called her name
every child turned to stare
Each of them were searching
for a man who was not there

Where's her Daddy ?
She heard a boy call out
She probably dosen't have one
Another student dared to shout.

And somewhere near the back
She heard a Daddy say'
"Looks like another deadbeat Dad
too busy to waste his day

The words did not affend her
As she smiled up at her mum
And looked back at her teacher
Who told her to go on.

And with hands behind her back
Slowly she began to speak
And out from the mouth of a child
Came words incredibly unique

"My Daddy couldn't be here
because he lives so far away
But I know he wishes he could be
Since this is a special day.

And though you cannot hear him
I wanted you to know
All about my Daddy
And how much he loves me so.

He loved to tell me stories
He taught me to ride my bike
He surprised me with pink roses
And taught me to fly a kite.

We use to share fudge sundaes
And Ice cream in a cone
And though you cannot see him
I'm not standing here alone.

Cause my Daddy's always with me
Even though we are apart
I know because he told me
His forever be in my heart

With that,her little hands reached up
And lay across her chest
Feeling her little heartbeat
Beneath her favourite dress.

And from somewhere here in the crowd of Dads
Her mother stood in tears
Proudly watching her daughter
Who was wise beyond her years.

For she stood for the love
Of a man not her life
Doing what was best for her
Doing what was right

And when she dropped her hand back down
Staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a voice so soft
But its message clear and loud.

I love my Daddy very much.
he is my shinning star
And if he could, he'd be here
But Heaven's just too far

You see he was a policeman
And died just this past year
When airplanes hit the towers
And taught Americans to fear.

But sometimes when I close my eye's
It's like he never went away
And then she closed her eyes
And saw him there that day.

And to her mothers amazement
She witnessed with surprise
A room full of Daddies and children
all starting to close their eyes.

Who knows what they saw before them
Who knows what they felt inside
Perhaps for merely a second
They saw him at her side.

I know you're with me Daddy
To the silence she called out
And what happened next made believers
Of those once filled with doubt.

Not one in the room could explain it
For each of their eyes had been closed
But there on the desk beside her
Was a Fragrant long stemmed rose.

And a child was blessed if only for a moment.
By the love of her shining star
And given the gift of believing
That heaven is never too far.


They say it takes minutes to find a special person
And an hour to appreciate, a day to love them
and entire life to forget them.

thought you might like this sad it is but gives you something to think about when children lose their dads/.

rita

Oh Gosh, words fail me, but the tears didn't xx

aww - that made me cry

I know it is sad I was thinking of the fathers killed and thought we feel so sad for the wives and tell them so but do we say anything to the children left behind. what must they go though at a time like that.
god bless them.

rita

This is so touching, cerainly made me weep,

Jean x

Thankyou Rita that's lovely.

A little tear here too.

Maria xx

Thank you Rita, a tear in my eye.

Know the feeling, only it was my Mother who was far away when I was a kid. She died when I was two.

So when we had to write about our Mothers in class, my teacher always said you write about your Gran, and I did as she was the one who brought me up.

Mo

I have heard this before.I think it was for the 9/11 firemen.Very sad. Annie

Oh My Good Lord I can't stop the tears
So Sad
Jenxx

yes it was the 9/11 that it first was shown .
but as so many of the soldiers serving overseas have been killed it got me thinking people say how sorry they are to the wife. but how many of us say anything to the child involved it must be a horific time for the children.when ever a father or mothers dies I was lucky my father was 92 when he died a few years ago of cancer. my mother died in 1968 of breast cancer and i know how i felt then I was an adult with children of my own.


rita

nudge

I thought this would remind us what it must be like for them to lose there fathers. on a day of remembrance.

Rita