A father's dream.....and worst nightmare....

When I found out that Kathy and I were having a girl, my first response was "I hope she's ugly". Later, I recanted and said "Ok, she can be pretty, but she will learn Taekwondo". Someone then pointed out to me that she had to be will to use the Taekwondo at which point I abandoned all hope.

A couple of weeks ago, Sarah was elected to be an attendant at her Middle School Homecoming. Leading up to the event, I kept getting updates on the amount of money it was going to cost me. Finally, the event came and I saw her. Oh my goodness what a site. I took over a hundred pictures that afternoon. This one is my favorite.

I've been showing the pictures to just about everyone that will take the time to look at them. Usually, I'll show them to guys that I work with. I show a picture, they say "Wow!", the I tell them that its my daughter and that she's 12. At this point they express their condolences, buy me lunch or show some other act of kindness because they know I'm in deep trouble.

The coolest thing, from a father's perspective, is that she was also voted Most Athletic in her class. What a special girl.