Even before my wife told me she was pregnant, I knew I wanted a son. I knew that I would have no idea how to deal with a daughter; the nuisances that come along with her growing older. So I tried to take the easy way out and “hope” a boy into existence. Once I found out that we were pregnant, I began to mentally prepare for a boy. But God always has a way of letting you know that He knows better than you. And on July 22^nd, 2017, on my 30^thbirthday, I found out just how wrong I was. When I found out that I would be having a baby girl, my life changed. Once I started to focus on the CERTAIN beauty of what it means to have a daughter and not on the POSSIBLE difficulties, I realized just how blessed I was. And she has been nothing short of what I imagined her to be.

It is my opinion that a father only has one job when it comes to their daughter… To love her unconditionally. I cannot teach her how to be a woman, but she has the perfect example of what that is in her mom. It is my job to simply love her. To let her know the importance of her existence, to teach her how a woman should be treated by a man and to be her protector. I simply have to set an example (and spoil her…. A lot).

Now there are certain things that a father looks forward to doing with his son that he cannot do with his daughter such as dressing alike, teaching him how to be a man, and watching him become a man. But the beauty of having a daughter outweighs those things you are missing out on. There is nothing more precious than a baby girl. Being a father to a girl gives you an indescribable feeling that is like nothing else and I wouldn’t trade this feeling for the world.  So I thought I wanted a son, but then I fell in love…with being a father to a daughter.