A MUST TRUE STORY YOU HAVE TO READ..
Her hair was up in a ponytail. Her favorite dress tied
with a bow. Today was Daddy's Day at school and she couldn't wait
to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, that she probably should stay 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 in back, for everyone to meet
children squirming impatiently, anxious in their seats. One by one the teacher
called, each student from the class. To introduce their daddy,as seconds slowly
passed. At last the teacher called her name, every child turned to stare. Each
of them was searching, for a man who wasn't there.
"Where's her daddy at?" She heard a boy call out. "She probably
doesn't have one", another student dared to shout. And from somewhere near the
back, she heard a daddy say, "looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to
waste his day." The words did not offend her, as she smiled up at her mom. 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 such a
special day.
And though you cannot meet 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 used 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,he'll forever be in my heart." With that, her little hand reached up, and
lay across her chest.
Feeling her own heartbeat, beneath her favorite
dress. And from somewhere in the crowd of dads, her mother stood in
tears.
Proudly watching her daughter, who was wise beyond her years. For
she stood up for the love of a man not in 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's my shining star. And if he could
he'd be here, but heaven's just too far. You see he was a fireman and died just
this past year. When airplanes hit the towers and taught Americans to fear. But
sometimes when I close my eyes, it's like he never went away." And then she
closes her eyes, and saw him there that day. And to her mother's amazement, she
witnessed with surprise. A room full of daddies and children, all starting to
close their eyes. Who knows what they say 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 that room could explain
it, for each of their eyes had been closed. But there on the desk beside her,
was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose. And a child was blessed, if only for a
moment, by the love of her shining bright star.
And given the gift of believing, that heaven is never too far.
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