2004-07-03 - 9:57 p.m.
Some parents live vicariously through their children, and to some degree, I am doing this with Zora. Not in the sense that I'll ever put pressure on her to do things I didn't and succeed in areas where I failed. I live vicariously through her in the sense that she will have the life that I didn't. This evening her father was holding and rocking her to sleep, and he was dancing along to "Dance with My Father". Listening to the song made me wistful. It made me think about that fact that I never had such a cozy, warm relationship with my own 'Dad'. I was sad at first, but looking up at him and Zora made me smile. Zora will never experience that kind of alienation; she will know what it means to have two good, loving parents in her life. She will know what its like to be 'Daddy's Little Girl'. She will know what its like to have a strong male in her life who sets the standard for what she will expect in her own mate someday. For that, I am eternally grateful.
