Daddy Your My Hero
Daddy I remember, I was probably about three, all the times you made me laugh, like when
you tickled me.
Daddy I adored you, even when I made you mad, youv'e always taken care of me, through
the good times and the bad.
Daddy I remember, when you would play guitar, and we would sing to grandma, to me you
were a star.
Didn't have much money, and when mom went away, you worked, cleaned and cooked for
us, and taught us how to pray.
Then one day I turned sixteen, a real tough age for me, didn't always think things through
and acted selfishly.
All I ever meant to do was make you proud of me, I'm sorry if I wasn't who you expected
me to be.
Daddy I was hurting too, you also caused me pain, and just like you I sometimes felt I was
about to go insane.
Daddy it is true that you have given me a lot, because you only wanted me to have the
things you never got.
Daddy I appreciate the things youv'e bought for me, but the happiest Iv'e ever been was
when we barely had a thing.
The love and trust between us then was very special to me, and there's no amount of money
that could replace those memories.
Daddy what I'm getting at is no matter what you do, there's nobody else on earth that could
ever hold a candle to you.
Because it takes a special man to raise two kids alone, nobody helped you do it, you did it
on your own.
Daddy your my hero, the good times outweigh the bad, because God gave me the best
daddy a girl could ever have.
Copyright © Tonya Ladona Sullivant | Year Posted 2010
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