Daddy Dates

This book hit home for me. One of the Pastors I read--Mark Driscoll is a big supporter of Daddy Dates. It is important to build a relationship with your daughters as a father so they will have guidelines for choosing a husband. The author focuses on loving and respecting his daughters and he does a really good job of sharing is story. This is an excert from the book that really touched me,

Whitney was weeping. Living with five females I thought good gosh, what did I say now? What did I DO?

I hit the brake.

“Uh oh, what’s the matter, honey?”

She looked up at me, her eyelashes wet and shiny and tears streaming down her face.

“Nothing.” (Oh right, she’s a girl.)

“Honey you’re crying. Did I say something to hurt your feelings?”

“No Daddy, nothing’s wrong. It’s just that I’ve never felt this special before.”

We both boohooed all the way home.

I thought about the impact of a simple evening, one day mid-week. All I did was carve out special time for this one girl, made a real effort to get to know her in a relaxed, enjoyable environment that suited her unique personality— and the result was pure magic, and a memory of a lifetime.

I thought “hey, maybe I’m not gonna screw up, after all. I can pursue getting to know my girls, and win.”
And from that day on, I haven’t questioned Daddy Dates for one single moment.

I would recommend this book to any man with a daughter or daughters.

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