Joey Fordcopyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrtIEzBkN0
November 19, 2016copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwGaOQfSCh
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Six years ago, I became the father of a beautiful baby girl. My entire life changed the day she was born. I remember getting to spend hours every single day playing video games or watching anime. That or sleeping. That was my whole life back in the day. But now my whole life is this little six year old girl who I have to spend hours each day working to provide for. The rest of my time is spent getting her ready for school, taking her to school, picking her up from school, making sure she has plenty to eat, making sure she has clean clothes, making sure she has a clean room, helping her with her homework (though she can usually do her homework by herself), and giving her as much attention as a little girl needs. That's my life now. And it's the best life. She has given me a purpose in life, each day is a crazy adventure with her, and she fills me with so much happiness every single day.copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IXxqC72WU
I sometimes wonder where I'd be right now if I didn't have my daughter. One thing for certain, I would not be in college. I would have had zero reason for even wanting to go to college. When I was in high school, I barely cared about school or my future. I was a slacker for the most part, usually pulling the bare minimum in my classes just so I can get the passing grade (and sometimes wouldn't even get that). I didn't care about what career I wanted in the future and saw no reason to go to college. I just pictured myself playing video games all the day for over twenty years, maybe just living off a part-time job. Even today, I have no idea what future career I want. Basically, I didn't really have much of a purpose. And I didn't care. But then my daughter came into my life. And I was given a purpose. To raise her, love her, and be her dad. And that's what I am. That's my job. That's my purpose. I am a dad. And regardless of whatever career I decide on doing (however long that takes), being a dad will ALWAYS be the greatest job on the universe. Especially to this little girl.copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LrJWgzb8c
My little girl is funny, crazy, and kind of bizarre. Pretty much all her life, she's been this little oddball. When she was two, she squeezed out an entire bottle of toothpaste (that I had just bought the previous day) in her hair and started using it like shampoo (I was on the phone when this happened). When she was three, she put her feet in her cereal bowl and told me "her toes were hungry." When she was four, she climbed inside the trashcan (while it sill had trash in it) and scared me when I walked by, calling herself the "Trash Monster" (that wasn't the last time she did that). I deal with stuff like this every day. Just this morning, she put her shirt over her face and pretended like she couldn't see right as we were about to leave the house. I have a challenge for everybody. Try to go one day with this little girl without smiling. You will fail. Miserably.copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdkgR63bNM
But regardless of how goofy she is, she knows when to be serious. One minute she'll be eating her dinner like a dog (with barking noises and everything), the next minute she'll be kissing me on the cheek. One minute she'll be dancing like a nutball, the next minute she'll be hugging me really tightly and telling me that she loves me. One minute she'll be tickling my feet as I'm putting her to bed, the next minute she'll be giving me a goodnight kiss and telling me that I'm the best daddy in the world. She may be a little nutball, but she loves her daddy more than anything. And it's just wonderful. No matter how hard, stressful, or just downright terrible things get for me, this little girl always manages to make feel happy. She's the best gift I've ever had.copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRuEpVgwXd
My daughter has given me a purpose, she's so goofy that she never fails to make me smile, and she always makes me feel happy. Being a single parent is tough. It's one of the toughest jobs in the world. Anyone can tell you that. But my daughter makes every single day a fun adventure. She is my world. I can't imagine life without her.copyright protection91ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0ZTKVak7i
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