Happy Late Father's Day.

Have you ever been stuck between that time of the day where you are extremely exhausted and you are trying to nap yet everyone and everything  needs your attention? Well that is pretty much where i have been for the last hour (yes i am trying to nap at 3 pm) and so now without a nap or any caffeine to perk me up i am now in cranky bitch mode. I am too old to throw myself down and cry and too young to just pass out so here i am. lol 

Today I came across the cutest video on youtube called the Best Date Ever and of course i watched it and shed all types of tears.  I am a sap when it comes to things like that but luckily through those tears i knew exactly what today's post was going to be about. I know Father's Day was Sunday and it has come and gone but this video really hit home for me and i wanted to share it and how I feel on the subject. 

I have always been a firm believer in Father daughter dates, this is not to take away from mommy son dates because those are important too but being a girl, a daddy's girl at that, i can say without a doubt that having a loving father who took the time to teach me all he knew has made me who i am today. I remember being about 7 when my mom dressed me up in my best church dress, put curls in my hair, gave me her pearls to wear for the night and sent me off hand in hand with my first true love. He was suited up, tie and shoes to match and i could not have been happier as he opened the car door for me and handed me a single rose. I had an extreme perma-grin as we walked into the local IHOP for dinner  (Very Fancy) and he continued to be the perfect gentleman as he pulled out my chair,  placed my napkin in my lap and began to school me on the way a man is supposed to treat a woman. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world that night... until we realized he had locked his keys in the car and we had to wait an hour for my mom to show up with the spare hahaha. (the perfect first date)

None the less the memories of that night have stayed with me and they probably always will. 

I am incredibly grateful to have a father that loves me and has not only taken care of me but taken on three children that are not even his and raised them as his own. He is the strongest man i know and obviously my HERO. 

I admire the men who step up to the plate and take care of their children and i take my hat off to the men who do not have to do it and do it anyway. So happy late Father's Day to all the Dads, Step-dads, Grandpas, brothers and Uncles who have changed the lives of the children around them. 

I am a little bias when it comes to this Papa Bear of mine, " I may have found my Prince but my dad will always be my King." xoxxo CeeCee