Why I Love This Photo
Why I Love This Photo
I’ve always been referred to as a “Daddy’s Girl” and I wouldn’t want it to be any other way.
He has always been the big hero in my life that always used to sing “Butterfly Kisses” to me before bedtime and the one to give the biggest hugs the next morning.
The photograph displays me standing in front of my dad on the bow of a fishing boat on a summer day. The boat was pushing through the calm waters of Lake Superior, and we were examining the views in front of us for a few minutes. My small hands were at first clenching the stainless steel railing that surrounded the front like I was afraid of something. My dad raised his arms all the way out and comforted me to do the same. He had me repeat a line from The Titanic, which was “I’m the king of the world!”. Sure, I wasn’t actually anything near that, but it did kind of make you feel on top of the world. The breeze was coming off the lake and blowing into my face which made me feel like I was floating. I’ve always dealt with all my stresses in life more extremes than most, and my dad put me in that moment to take a step out of my comfort zone and to just let go of every worry for a bit. He’s always doing things little things like this and is encouraging through all the rough times by always telling me, “You can be upset for a while, but eventually you need to pick yourself up”. Of course there has been many more ways he has helped me, but this one moment in the picture reminds me of how lucky I am to be given such a great dad, and how great of a moment that was for me. I’d like to think of this picture as a moment of not only showing the special bond between my dad and I, but the moment of feeling so free.
No matter how old I get, or where things take me in life, I’ll always be “Daddy’s Girl” and that’s really special to me. There were always so many pictures being taken when we were younger, and having them to look back on later in life is something I believe to be a very
I’ve always been referred to as a “Daddy’s Girl” and I wouldn’t want it to be any other way.
He has always been the big hero in my life that always used to sing “Butterfly Kisses” to me before bedtime and the one to give the biggest hugs the next morning.
The photograph displays me standing in front of my dad on the bow of a fishing boat on a summer day. The boat was pushing through the calm waters of Lake Superior, and we were examining the views in front of us for a few minutes. My small hands were at first clenching the stainless steel railing that surrounded the front like I was afraid of something. My dad raised his arms all the way out and comforted me to do the same. He had me repeat a line from The Titanic, which was “I’m the king of the world!”. Sure, I wasn’t actually anything near that, but it did kind of make you feel on top of the world. The breeze was coming off the lake and blowing into my face which made me feel like I was floating. I’ve always dealt with all my stresses in life more extremes than most, and my dad put me in that moment to take a step out of my comfort zone and to just let go of every worry for a bit. He’s always doing things little things like this and is encouraging through all the rough times by always telling me, “You can be upset for a while, but eventually you need to pick yourself up”. Of course there has been many more ways he has helped me, but this one moment in the picture reminds me of how lucky I am to be given such a great dad, and how great of a moment that was for me. I’d like to think of this picture as a moment of not only showing the special bond between my dad and I, but the moment of feeling so free.
No matter how old I get, or where things take me in life, I’ll always be “Daddy’s Girl” and that’s really special to me. There were always so many pictures being taken when we were younger, and having them to look back on later in life is something I believe to be a very