This made me cry
Daddy's day at school
Her hair was up in a ponytail
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> Her favorite dress tied with a bow.
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> Today was Daddy's Day at school,
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> And she couldn't wait to go.
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> But her mommy tried to tell her,
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> That she probably should stay home.
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> Why the kids might not understand,
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> If she went to school alone.
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> But she was not afraid;
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> She knew just what to say.
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> What to tell her classmates
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> Of why he wasn't there today.
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> But still her mother worried,
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> For her to face this day alone.
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> And that was why once again,
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> She tried to keep her daughter home.
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> But the little girl went to school,
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> Eager to tell them all.
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> About a dad she never sees
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> A dad who never calls.
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> There were daddies along the wall in back,
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> For everyone to meet.
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> Children squirming impatiently,
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> Anxious in their seats.
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> One by one the teacher called,
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> A student from the class.
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> To introduce their daddy,
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> As seconds slowly passed.
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> At last the teacher called her name,
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> Every child turned to stare.
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> Each of them was searching,
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> For a man who wasn't there.
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> "Where's her daddy at?"
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> She heard a boy call out.
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> "She probably doesn't have one,"
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> Another student dared to shout.
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> And from somewhere near the back,
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> She heard a daddy say,
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> "Looks like another deadbeat dad,
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> Too busy to waste his day."
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> The words did not offend her,
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> As she smiled up at her Mom.
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> And looked back at her teacher,
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> Who told her to go on.
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> And with hands behind her back,
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> Slowly she began to speak.
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> And out from the mouth of a child,
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> Came words incredibly unique.
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> "My Daddy couldn't be here,
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> Because he lives so far away.
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> But I know he wishes he could be,
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> Since this is such a special day.
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> And though you cannot meet him,
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> I wanted you to know.
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> All about my daddy,
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> And how much he loves me so.
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> He loved to tell me stories
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> He taught me to ride my bike.
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> He surprised me with pink roses,
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> And taught me to fly a kite.
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> We used to share fudge sundaes,
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> And ice cream in a cone.
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> And though you cannot see him,
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> I'm not standing here alone.
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> Cause my daddy's always with me,
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> Even though we are apart
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> I know because he told me,
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> He'll forever be in my heart"
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> With that, her little hand reached up,
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> And lay across her chest.
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> Feeling her own heartbeat,
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> Beneath her favorite dress.
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> And from somewhere in the crowd of dads,
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> Her mother stood in tears.
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> Proudly watching her daughter,
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> Who was wise beyond her years.
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> For she stood up for the love
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> Of a man not in her life.
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> Doing what was best for her,
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> Doing what was right.
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> And when she dropped her hand back down,
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> Staring straight into the crowd.
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> She finished with a voice so soft,
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> But its message clear and loud.
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> "I love my daddy very much,
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> He's my shining star.
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> And if he could, he'd be here,
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> But heaven's just too far.
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> You see he was a fireman
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> And died just this past year
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> When airplanes hit the towers
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> And taught Americans to fear.
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> But sometimes when I close my eyes,
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> It's like he never went away."
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> And then she closed her eyes,
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> And saw him there that day.
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> And to her mother's amazement,
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> She witnessed with surprise.
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> A room full of daddies and children,
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> All starting to close their eyes.
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> Who knows what they saw before them,
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> Who knows what they felt inside.
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> Perhaps for merely a second,
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> They saw him at her side.
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> "I know you're with me Daddy,"
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> To the silence she called out.
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> And what happened next made believers,
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> Of those once filled with doubt.
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> Not one in that room could explain it,
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> For each of their eyes had been closed.
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> But there on the desk beside her,
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> Was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
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> And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,
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> By the love of her shining bright star.
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> And given the gift of believing,
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> That heaven is never too far
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> They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to
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> appreciate
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> them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget
them.
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> Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget and remember
to
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> send
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> it
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> Also to the person that sent it to you. It's a short message to
let
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> them
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> Know that you'll never forget them. If you don't send it to
anyone,
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> it
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> means you're in a hurry and that you've forgotten your friends.
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> Take the time...to live and love.
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> Until eternity. God bless.