E3 Parents

I’m Surrounded

January 25, 2010 at 9:44 pm Leave a comment

A couple of hours ago as I was getting Isabel ready for bed I started looking around the bathroom. Isabel was wearing a pink bathrobe. I was drying her hair with a pink blow dryer. We were surrounded by pink towels, pink candles, pink soap dispensers, and pink curtains. We walked into her bedroom. The walls are pink. The bedding is pink. Many of the toys are pink. I was totally surrounded by pink. This has been my life for the past 4 1/2 years…and I love it!

I thought about the lunch date we had earlier today. I took her for her first hibachi experience. She wasn’t a big fan of the flames shooting off the surface of the grill. But it was fun…and we got to experience it together. And we got to talk about stuff. What happened at preschool today, what her favorite candy is, how sometimes she likes cabbage and sometimes she doesn’t. We covered lots things that are so very important in the life of a 4 year old girl. I thought about all the daddy/daughter days and dates we’ve had since she was just a few months old.

There are studies out that shows that the relationship between a child and a parent when the child is an infant, toddler, and preschooler will basically shape the relationship when the child is a teenager. We have tried hard to make sure that Isabel knows she can always come to us for anything and talk to us about anything. Our prayer is that 10 years from now when the things that are the most important to her include boys and friends and fears and doubts instead of dolls and candy…that then we will be able to talk just as openly about those things as we do now. And that I will still be able to go out on daddy/daughter dates!

Dads…What are you doing to strengthen your relationship with your daughters?

Entry filed under: Parenting. Tags: Family Ministry, Parenting, parents, Teens.