Father-Daughter Dinner-Dance

Back in the summer of 2009 my good friend Jim and I started talking about an event for middle school girls. There was a small group of Dads that wanted to start a new tradition in our church. So began a 8 month odyssey of meetings and planning. It all culminated 10 days ago! What a fantastic night. We focused the event on building a strong relationship between Dads and their daughters. We emphasized that Dads need to be involved in the daughters lives still. And daughters need to remain connected to their Dad. But we went further still by instilling hope that our girls will remain modest and wholesome through these upcoming turbulent years. And in those stormy days that will surely come we as Dads promise to be standing by our daughters side to help them in any way we can. Because we love our girls!!! And I most certainly love Shannon with all my heart. She is a very special girl, smart, athletic, caring and compassionate.
Of course I still get a little frustrated with her at times.














Now during the dinner we watched a couple of inspiring videos but we also had some fun. Here I am trying to hula hoop. I was awful, I admit it. Shannon and the rest of the girls (about 33 others) had a great time laughing at us. I think only two or three Dads could keep the hoop going for about 5 or 6 SECONDS!




Finally the girls took over the dance floor and put us Dads to shame. One of the neat things that happened was Shannon and a friend went over to request a song that they could Irish Dance to. All the girls jumped in and had a great time. It didn't seem to matter if they were line dancing or just getting us Dads out onto the floor with them. We ended the night with a nice song that the Dads could dance to with our special girls. What an awesome night. I am thankful to have such good friends here in Ballwin. Friends that understand the importance of being close to our children and will get up off the couch to do something about it. I can't express how much I care for these guys that will put their faith into action. May God Bless them all! Amen!