Fathers Be Good To Your Daughters

Saturday was the anniversary of our first date. We celebrate it every year because our first date was remarkable. Marty was such a gentleman, and not because he was pretending to be one, but because he is intentional, present, and attentive. He is a treasure.

We usually celebrate our First Date Anniversary with a date, just the two of us, at the same small Italian restaurant where we went seven years ago. Every year at that special place our hearts beat out of sentiment.

This year was a little different, but special all the same. Marty got dressed up and left early in the afternoon as he usually does when he's going to take me out. I got dressed up, too, but this year I had a co-princess. My four-year-old and I danced in the living room while awaiting our prince.

She got to go with us because it's so important to Marty and I both that she sees how a man is supposed to treat a woman. She has such a great example in her Daddy that I sometimes pity the boys who will one day try to win her heart.

This is all parents can do: pray for daughters, give them an intentional, authentic example, treat them well, and occasionally let them come along on a date.