I Loved Her First

Daddy's girls.....

Some of my friends will be home for the holidays and looking for some vacation rentals by owner and I was helping them out looked for one online when I remembered this song I loved her first by the heartland.  My gift for life is seeing the smiles of my family… my husband Mark and my precious baby girls, Alyssa and Sophia. For I know they’ll always be Daddy’s girls…..

I LOVED HER FIRST

by: Heartland

Songwriters: Elliott Hubert Park  ; Jr. Aldridge

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each other’s face
So much in love, you’re alone in this place
Like there’s nobody else in the world

I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one, she told me so
And she still means the world to me, just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl

Time changes everything, life must go on
And I’m not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first, I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep

And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But it’s still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairytales to
And tucked into bed all those nights

And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

I loved her first, I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep

And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But it’s still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep

Someday you might know what I’m going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

MAY ALYSSA KIRSTEN 07/30/05

MAY SOPHIA ISABELLA 11/29/11

M&MM: Dad’s 30th

I missed last week’s M&MM, but now here I am, joining again.

Our dearest Daddy turned 30 this 28 of March, but we celebrated it on the 27th so close friends can come over. I did his cake and he helped me cook everything. He also cleaned the whole house, do the laundry and all. Have I already mentioned I have the greatest husband in the world?

Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?

The Smoke and Daddy (Ang Usok at si Daddy)

Every time we go home to the Philippines, I see to it that I buy Alyssa some story books with Tagalog translation from Adarna House and Lampara Books. I’m happy that she’s always eager to learn what each book is all about and to absorb the lessons being taught by each. This is one of her many books that have taught her how bad smoking is.

The Smoke and Daddy (Ang Usok at si Daddy) is about a child, named Eunice, who is growing up wondering why she doesn’t have a father. She tried many times to ask her mom about him, but every time her mom walks away, never answers and just cries. She always looks hurt so she just tried to control herself from asking the same question over again just so her mom won’t cry. When she turned 7, she stopped herself from asking her mom, but good thing her grandmother was there to tell her the whole story – that her father passed away when she was still a baby because of cigarette smoking. He tried to stop, but he always craved for them. He was rushed to the hospital because of chest pain and he grew thinner and thinner until his whole body was poisoned with the smoke.

After reading the story to Alyssa and clarifying the points she didn’t clearly understand, I was surprise when she said, “I won’t lose my dad, mum, because my daddy is not smoking.” So I asked her to say thank you to daddy for taking good care of his health for us and she did. I can’t imagine how our life would be like if my husband has this vice. Maybe we are having daily quarrels and I might have been forced to ask for some smoker life insurance quotes around. We are just thankful that our daddy doesn’t have vices.