Life lessons for dads of daughters by a dad of a daughter.
Showcasing Red Dirt culture ~ authored and managed by contributors with connections to the great state of Oklahoma.
Love her mom. Treat her mother with respect, honor, and a big heaping spoonful of public displays of affection. When she grows up, the odds are good she’ll fall in love with someone who treats her much like you treated her mother. Good or bad, that’s just the way it is. I’d prefer good.
Resigned, the older woman put it in her basket, looked around the room helplessly, found my eyes watching the scene, and looked away.
…but a missed call from my husband plus a voicemail was how I learned that my father-in-law, Chris Allgyer, the reason we get to enjoy this beautiful country life, died in his sleep.