This evening I took my daughter Abby to a Father/Daughter dinner at her church. It was a very well done evening and was Mexican themed. We ate nachos and played some games. The pastor, Jamie Page, did a good job in putting everything together. It was really good seeing the fathers there with their little girls. If more churches would make that emphasis on father/daughter bonding, better thing would happen. TD Jakes did some good work in that in some of his books.
I love my daughter, but I see so many ways in which I could have done better in giving her more self-esteem. I am not sure she felt loved enough growing up. We were so busy at times in just plain survival, I suppose I let some of that go. If I cold I would do it right. Of course, I can’t go back and change anything, but if I could, two things for certain:
1. I would marry my wife again. There is no better companion that a man could have than her. And
2. I would work harder on my children.
Oh, well, too bad doodad. Will not happen. It, however, probably one of the most thought about things by fathers: that certain sense of failure with their children.
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