Daddy's Little Girl

Well.. like I said before, Terina is making some new friends over here. There is a little girl, Tanaya, that she loves playing with that is about her age. Yesterday evening when they were playing outside she was so cute. She would sit on the slide next to the Tanaya and talk to her, chase after her and another little girl and just had a great time. That is until they went inside and got their little bikes. Kasala and I sat there with Tanaya's parents and watched as Terina chased after Tanaya and the other girl on their bikes. She still was having fun so I didn't think anything about it. When Kasala came home from work that night he went right in to Terina, who was unfortunally still up, and started telling her how sorry he was that she didn't have a bike to ride then PROMISED her that he would buy her one the next day. So all she talked about that night was a bike, she woke up at 4am talking about a bike, and then went shopping all day still talking about her bike. Of course Kasala went out and bought her a bike today. He said that it made him so sad that she didn't have one while the other girls did. It "broke his heart and made him want to cry" seeing his little baby chasing after the other girls. As today went on I thought a lot about my dad and how I was his "little girl." I also thought about my mom and how I was her "best friend" and how she was mine. My mom was all I had in terms of another female in the house growing up and although we had our ups and downs I do consider my mom my best friend. (After my husband of course). I thought about my dad and how I may have let him down quite often but then I thought about that love that only a father could have for his daughter and I see that love that my dad has for me in Kasala and Terina.... and I get a little scared. I know how I was growing up (just a little spoiled) and I see Terina heading down that same road. I know who is in charge of that Daddy/Daughter relationship and it isn't the Dad. Being a parent has really made me look back on my relationship with my Mom and Dad and think about how wonderful our relationship is. I only hope that I can have that same relationship with my children.