“I stopped drinking when I had children because I wanted to be awake and aware. I did not want to be going, you know, daddy loves you and then drop my head on the table. I do not want to miss anything that they do or say. It is important to me.” KnowsWantChildrenImportantWantedLove YouMissingTablesDrinkingAwakeDaddy Author:Robin Williams
“I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me.” WorldFirstsMeanMadeSchoolFunWrittenLove YouChangedDaughterResistanceMy DaughterTraveledDaddyGetting OlderI Love YouKindergartenMean The World To MeYou Mean The World To Me Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“crawling up into daddy's lap when dad was still DADDY nodding my head against his chest soaking in the comfort of his heart LISTENING to the thump...thump somewhere beneath muscle and breastbone I remember his arms their sublime ENCIRCLING and the shawdow of his voice "I love you, little girl. Put away your bad dreams. Daddy's here" I put them away, Until Daddy became my nightmare that one that came HOME from work everyday and instead of picking me up, chased me far far away” HeartLittlesStillsHomeDreamRememberGirlVoiceLove YouArmsListeningDadComfortEverydayMusclesNightmareChestsFar AwaySublimeDaddyLapCrawlingSoakingNoddingBad Dream Author:Ellen Hopkins