Note to self: for fathers of daughters
Every dream, pretend, and imaginative story!
Every time she calls you her best friend and her prince.
When she wants to 'help' you work in the garage
or cry over nothing.
These are invitations
for which your actions cannot help but RSVP
If you continue declining the invitations they will grow less frequent and I fear you may not be invited to the real moments of her teenage years
Invitation
If you are a dreamer, come inIf you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...
If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin
Come in!
Come in!
-Shel Silverstein