Daddy

Thank-you. Thank-you. Thank-you.
Thank-you for showing me that after an insanely long phone call, I can praise you about nothing particular.
Thank-you for allowing me to bring a little bit of love to a breaking heart.
Thank-you for helping me to not care if anyone else cares about what I just did.
Thank-you for continually allowing me to see that there is no shame in being afraid.
Thank-you for bringing me peace when I didn't think it was possible.
Thank-you for giving me time to talk with you while I was at work, even less alone then I should have been.
Thank-you for sending the rain to me, to the flowers, to the trees, and to every other hurting person who wanted the world to reflect their tears.
Thank-you for helping me to empathize and not sound like a hypocrite.
Thank-you for loving me uncondishionally.
Thank-you for sharing your sons with me.
Thank-you for Will and Ame and Matt.
Thank-you for this beautiful day.
Thank-you for cameras that can capture a moment in time.
Thank-you for the hope of tomorrow.
Thank-you for reassuring me that tomorrow will bring new sun.

But please...
Please help him to see that you love him.
Please help her to trust in you and show you how she feels.
Please help him to understand pain he puts himself through.
Please help her to stop hiding from your love.
Please help her to rely on you.
Please help him to see your love in a broken family, in a broken world.
Please help this generation to stay strong.
Please come and show us a miracle.
Please speak into our lives, every second of every day.
We want you to be real to us.

Please bring me to a place where I can cry in your presence.
Please bring me to my knees in worship.
Please help me to be honast, and trust that you have the world in your hands.
Please help me to hug with feeling, and love.
Please help me to share with my heart on the line.
Please speak to me with a miracle at hand.

Thank-you...and Please