You become a Father when you hear her cry for the first time, when she open her eyes to see the first light of the world, and the doctor congratulates you, when everyone rejoices at the arrival of a beautiful daughter!
You become a Dad when your daughter calls for you, not just once, but in a loop, waits for you, believes you will listen to all that she says, tells you everything that happened today, when you're back home after work, when she knows it's you when she hears a knock on the door, wants you to get the stuff that has rolled under the couch, too far for her to reach, narrates the same story in the same few words a dozen times, and expects you to listen without getting bored, sits at the steering wheel of the car, believing that she is driving the car, demands that you make the milk to drink today, when you're the subject character of all her cartoon pretend play, when you have to offer your hair for her to try her new clips and hairbands, when from across a crowded room she is assured that you're there for her!
You become a Dad when she knows she is the princess in your life, and will always be!
Last year I was a Father! This year I became a Dad!
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