I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. ~ Nat King Cole
"Who giveth this woman?" This woman. But she's not a woman. She's still a child. And she's leaving us. What's it going to be like to come home and not find her? Not to hear her voice calling, "Hi, Pops" as I come in? I suddenly realized what I was doing. I was giving up Kay. Something inside me began to hurt. ~ Stanley T. Banks (Father of the Bride)
The most important thing that a father can do for his children is to love their mother. ~ Theodore M. Hesburgh
My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~ Clarence B. Kelland
When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, "She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge." ~ Helen Hayes
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. ~ Harry S. Truman
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is "soap-on-a-rope." ~ Bill Cosby
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. ~ Sigmund Freud
Father I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet. ~ George Washington
And now... here's a montage that I was planning to give to Jade for her first birthday. But that's still four months away and I'll have 1,000 more pictures by then!
And it just sort of seemed more fitting for Father's Day anyway. So Happy 1st Father's Day Aaron!
In My Arms from Chardonnay on Vimeo.
