Dear God...a letter about taking my daughter to school Year 2

Dear God,

Thank you for the experience of taking my daughter up to school yesterday. 

Thank you for having her DJ in the car because even though I didn’t know most of the music, the conversation with no headphones was magical.

Thank you for the patience to know when to be quiet beyond when I normally would and when to ask questions.

Thank you for the humility to know when she’s teaching me.

Thank you for the laughter about the dumb things we always laugh about.

Thank you for the bagel shop that we ate bagels in front of so I could get the feel of what will be a big part of her life now.

Thank you for the experience of walking up and down the stairs with her stuff to fill her bedroom.

Thank you for the experience of sitting in her own room, which she’s never had, so I could breathe in the place where she will find solitude, rest and most likely some version of you God. 

Thank you for the willingness to put some of her furniture together in spite of my proven career of ineptitude with such things.

Thank you for keeping us safe as we drove home.

Thank you for a daughter who repeatedly told me how grateful she was for my help, even though I wasn’t perfect.

Thank you for helping me see and celebrate where I did things right.

Thank you for the calm to be gentle on myself where I did things wrong.

Thank you for the long, heartfelt hug that we shared when I dropped her off. 

Thank you for the incredible young woman who I held in my arms as it’s becoming so clear that she is maturing into an adult.

Thank you for the free-flowing tears this morning as I miss my little girl.

Thank you God.

Love, Tim