I love my 9-year old daughter, Ariela. It’s indescribable. I love each of my kids in a special and unique way, but Ariela was the first child born to Letty and I so she holds that special place as being our first. She’s growing up too quickly. It hurts. So about a week ago she and I were driving to see Letty at the hospital and listening to one of the Christian radio stations when a lengthy commercial came on about the importance of Dad’s spending quality time with their daughters. Ariela had asked me earlier that day if I would take her to the mall, but we were pressed for time so I couldn’t do it. So this commercial comes up and at the end of it the announcer asked, “Dads, when was the last time you took your daughter to the mall?” It was unbelievable! Ariela about jumped in her backseat and gave me this look of shock as I eyed her through the rear view mirror. It was a God moment.
So we finally had our date yesterday. I got around to taking her to the mall and letting her have free reign. I told her we could go wherever she wanted and take as long as she wanted. She’s easy too because she isn’t demanding and knows that we are moderate in our income and so she isn’t unreasonable in asking for things that are simply out of the question. She was just enjoying the fact that she had all my attention. We went for pizza (her choice) after the candy store, after Hello Kitty and after smelling perfumes, colognes and engaging in other activities. So then we spontaneously decided to go to the beach for a walk and get our bare feet in the sand and wet, despite that we weren’t dressed for the occasion. So then I turned on the radio station during the drive to the Island and Adventures in Odyssey was playing. To our shock again we found the theme of the episode focused on honoring your mother and father. The episode was called “Bringing Up Dads” and it was about a girl who found herself embarrassed by her dad and unable to relate to him as before because she had grown into a pre-teen, but by the end of the show she learned to appreciate her dad and not take him for granted. Is that providence or what? I was taken back by the timing of it all. Our modest outing was all seasoned by God’s grace.
If you are interested/curious you can click here to access the episode we listened to: “Bringing Up Dads”
I love my 9-year old daughter, Ariela. It’s indescribable. I love each of my kids in a special and unique way, but Ariela was the first child born to Letty and I so she holds that special place as being our first. She’s growing up too quickly. It hurts. So about a week ago she and I were driving to see Letty at the hospital and listening to one of the Christian radio stations when a lengthy commercial came on about the importance of Dad’s spending quality time with their daughters. Ariela had asked me earlier that day if I would take her to the mall, but we were pressed for time so I couldn’t do it. So this commercial comes up and at the end of it the announcer asked, “Dads, when was the last time you took your daughter to the mall?” It was unbelievable! Ariela about jumped in her backseat and gave me this look of shock as I eyed her through the rear view mirror. It was a God moment. 
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