I ain't giving nothing away!

Sometime late sunday afternoon, just after the final whistle of the Giants/Lions game,I will accompany my oldest child down the aisle.

I am not sure where the idea of "giving away the bride" bega but let me be perfectly clear.........I ain't giving away anything!

What I will be doing is what I have always done and what I will continue to do as long as I am alive.

I will be there, by Sara's side as I was when she took her first steps,learned how to ride a bicycle,went off to her first day of school and for every other event and milestone in her still young life.

By her side.

Not dragging her along.

Not holding her up.

Not holding her back.

And certainly not to "give her away".

Being there,by her side,quietly,unassumingly,almost negligibly, is my job.

That's what dads do.

They are just there.

There in case.

There because.

There in spite of.

There because that's a dad's job.

To be there. That will never change.

I will always be there.

By her side.

Not because she needs me to be there.

Not because she expects me to be there.

Just because she knows that I will be there.

By her side.

Always and forever.

And that goes for all of my children.

Because that's what a dad does.