They say that a Father is the connection between a child and their view of an Eternal Father. For a Daughter, that relationship in life is core and key to their 'formation' of self esteem and love acceptance for who they are as a person.
Daughters with one healthy dad, lovingly titled with "Father", in life are blessed to have experienced a Father who faithfully is the head of their family, and nurtures a relationship with unconditional love, adoration and admiration, to the point of inheritly becoming her Prince. To his daughter he is viewed as: her provider, her encourager, her support, her warrior, her admirer, her Prince, and her conqueror All these titles because after all in her eyes, her Dad can do no wrong in her view, he can move the biggest mountain in her life making anything happen, and he will be there for her no matter what to love and cherish. He is her Dad!
Daughters who have experienced this Dad but lost him too early in life, either through death or divorce, still have this view, but it runs the course of void as the absence in her life reforms her self image.
Daughters with an absent Dad in life many times feel the pain of void and results of that can be very serious in the forming of their self image, and their view of an Eternal Father, that can affect a healthy love acceptance of themselves in general.
Sometimes life gives you multiple Dads, through remarriage. Some of those relationships are very much a mirror image of a Father, embracing you in life as their own, some are not able to do that, and some recover in life and pick up the pieces to do the best they can filling some of the void.
In all of these cases Daughters are formed and either have Great, Good, Bad, or no experience with the blessings of a Father.
I was blessed to have had two Fathers:
- One Father was my biological Dad that was my Prince through his life but absent early on due to divorce, and now is in Heaven.
- My other Father is my Stepdad, who embraced me before I embraced him and once I did, he loved me unconditionally and still does. He filled all the roles of a 'Dad' faithfully giving him the right to that special title 'Father' as well.
So for me this Father's Day celebrates -
Two wonderful Fathers and One very special FatherinLaw.
To my Dads - Thank you for being a Father and giving the best you had in life to and for me, sharing your life with me, and making me feel as if I had purpose and love acceptance in this crazy thing called 'Life' This is your day!
I love you all very much!
Your Daughter and DaughterinLaw
Val
