Daddy-Daughter Dance
“The most important influence in my childhood was my father” DeForest Kelley expresses the importance of a father figure in a child’s life. As a young daddy’s girl, I loved spending time with my father and looked up to him with adoring eyes. I saw in movies daddy-daughter dances and it quickly became a strong desire of mine to attend a dance with my father. However, my father traveled frequently for his job, and was away when my opportunity arose. That being said, over the years, the urge slowly died, and it became another childhood goal unfulfilled. However, this past February my leadership program hosted a daddy-daughter dance at a local elementary. Even though I wasn’t going to experience the dance with my father, the
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My excitement was impossible to conceal, and I could not wait until February 6th. I marked the date on three different calendars to limit the possibility to forget. I went to my manager at Donatos and requested the day off work a month in advance, to ensure my availability. My mind even created imaginary scenarios of young girls in princess dresses with their father’s waltzing around the floor. I even imagined myself being spun around by my father while “Dance With My Father” by Luther Vandross played in the background. A couple weeks prior, I found myself tearing my closet apart in attempt to find the perfect attire. I was noticeably overly excited for the event I was simply going to be hosting, but it was a childhood dream of mine finally being fulfilled. I bursted with anticipation the night of dance as I patiently awaited to see the young princesses walk …show more content…
It was my father who taught me to value myself. Dawn French once said, “He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.” A good relationship with a father figure is proven to generally to produce confident and respected women. Being treated like a princess by their dad, demonstrates how a future partner should treat you on a date. That being said, a solid daddy-daughter relationship results in the girls maturing to hold a sensible amount of self-respect and pride. Nights like the one I experienced were the reason we have strong female leaders in the world today. Being raised in a home with loving parents produce loving fruit and the love being visible through a night of