Dear Deborah, Words do not come easily for so many men. We are taught to be strong, to provide, to put away our emotions. A father can work his way through his days and never see that his years are going by. If I could go back in time, I would say some things to that young father as he holds, somewhat uncertainly, his daughter for the very first time. These are the things I would say: When you hear the first whimper in the night, go to the nursery leaving your wife sleeping. Rock in a chair, walk the floor, sing a lullaby so that she will know a man can be gentle. When Mother is away for the evening, come home from work, do the babysitting. Learn to cook a hotdog or a pot of spaghetti, so that your daughter will know a man can serve another's needs. When she performs in school plays or dances in recitals, arrive early, sit in the front seat, devote your full attention. Clap the loudest, so that she will know a man can have eyes only for her. When she asks for a tree house, don't just build it, but build it with her. Sit high among the branches and talk about clouds, and caterpillars, and leaves. Ask her about her dreams and wait for her answers, so that she will know a man can listen. When you pass by her door as she dresses for a date, tell her she is beautiful. Take her on a date yourself. Open doors, buy flowers, look her in the eye, so that she will know a man can respect her. When she moves away from home, send a card, write a note, call on the phone. If something reminds you of her, take a minute to tell her, so that she will know a man can think of her even when she is away. Tell her you love her, so that she will know a man can say the words. If you hurt her, apologize, so that she will know a man can admit that he's wrong. These seem like such small things, such a fraction of time in the course of two lives. But a thread does not require much space. It can be too fine for the eye to see, yet, it is the very thing that binds, that takes pieces and laces them into a whole. Without it, there are tatters. It is never too late for a man to learn to stitch, to begin mending. These are the things I would tell that young father, if I could. A daughter grown up quickly. There isn't time to waste. I love you, Dad
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LISA LOEB If you're a disheveled, easily distracted person, it's always scary when someone asks what your plan... LISA SMARTT Words are like the delicate stitches in the dress you wear, holding the fabric of the garmet togethe... LISA MANTCHEV I don't necessarily make much art myself, but after I wrote 'Warped Passages,' I was for... LISA RANDALL Come with me,' Mom says. To the library. Books and summertime go together. LISA SCHROEDER I think people were just seriously happy to find a funny woman who does comedy like a man. Because I... LISA LAMPANELLI What if you could meet your soul mate?" the ghost asked. "You 'd want to avoid that?" "Hell, ye... LISA KLEYPAS When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begi... LISA UNGER An almost indispensable skill for any creative person is the ability to pose the right questions. Cr... LISA RANDALL I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I jus... LISA O'HARE I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow... LISA KUDROW There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically... LISA UNGER Fact: I don't know of a single girl who doesn't wish the show-it-all boxer-shorts phenomenon would g... LISA SAMSON The stones in your driveway may have come from the slaves who spend all day breaking rocks because i... LISA KRISTINE I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky. LISA MCMANN She said she collects pieces of sky, cuts holes out of it with silver scissors, bits of heaven she c... LISA ZARAN I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate ... LISA BONET People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously unders... LISA RANDALL I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna... LISA BEDRICK There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and ... LISA LOEB My own novel, 'The Silver Bough,' about the inhabitants of a remote town at risk of being ov... LISA TUTTLE Six years after I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B,' I received my first paycheck as a write... LISA LUTZ I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of ... LISA LOEB Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspe... LISA RANDALL Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came fro... LISA MURKOWSKI I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to ... LISA MURKOWSKI The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so th... LISA KLEYPAS Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoo... LISA KLEYPAS Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention... LISA LUTZ Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important. -Lisa Hoffman. LISA HOFFMAN Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness. LISA HOFFMAN The Beslan Mothers are becoming more and more empowered with time passing, ... The meeting is a very... LISA ARONSON Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we ca... LISA ARONSON They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were h... LISA ARONSON Although they are at different skill levels, working with a traumatized and bereaved population was ... LISA ARONSON