Father's Day Should Be Changed to Daddy's Day! It Takes A Special Man to Be a Daddy

Father's Day will soon be here and after 34 years without my Daddy, I still miss him. Since the death of my Father back in June of 1973, I haven't been anyone's little girl. I am a woman, but no matter how old we get we never loose the desire to be loved with that unconditional love that a Daddy can give his daughter. I was his Princess, he had a way of making me feel so special and cared for. I was chubby, shy and awkward but to him i was beautiful. I am a Mother and I have children and love them all, but I am not a man and haven't any idea of what a father thinks or feels when he holds his child. Does a man love his children differently than a woman? My children have a Father but he was never a Daddy. To me there is a difference. Technically a sperm donor can be a father. Someone that gives hugs, kisses and is there through a child's challenges and joys is a Daddy. My Father was my Daddy.

Technically when during the act of sexual intercourse, one of millions of sperm expelled , join with and fertilize a woman's egg, the man can become a father. The same thing though can be said of any animal or living creature that procreates. Being a father does not constitute being more than the biological culmination of an act. Being a Daddy is a commitment.. It is a promise to be there to teach a child to hit a ball or ride a bike. Daddy's sit up all night on Christmas Eve putting together a train set or a doll house so that their child can experience the magic of Santa Claus. A Daddy walks the floor with a colicky baby and frowns helplessly as he listens to that child scream in his arms. A father, a biological one, can just pretend that that child doesn't exist and could care less that he or she does. I am so thankful that my father chose to be a Daddy.