This portrait is titled, "Waiting for Daddy", by Meryl Jaye. I really like this piece because it shows a little girl who loves her daddy and she is waiting patiently for him to pick her up. Her mom has dolled her up all pretty and and put on his favorite dress, ruffle socks and mary jane shoes and she has combed her hair just the way he likes it. He seems to be taking too long to get there but, she does not cry or get in Mom's way she just sits there in anticipation for his arrival and just looks out the window for his car to pull up. Don't think for one minute that she doubts him, he will be there, however late because he has never told her he was going to do something and didn't do it.
The one thing he always taught her was to stand by her word, when you tell someone you are coming thru for them, by God you better do just that or have a valid excuse why you can't. His favorite quote that he always stressed to her was, "Always be Consistent and Considerate Princess".
But, everyone hasn't had this kind of stability in their lives, and your walk through life can be so much different. And you could live in a world where no one seems to do what they say, when you have let down after let down until you are just numb. It cannot be a good feeling, and you start building up walls and closing your heart to people and only depending on yourself. You want to let people in your front seat, but time and time again you keep getting disappointed, so you just say forget it, I'll do me and you do you.
Where were you Daddy when I scrapped my knee on the playground?
Where were you Daddy when I cried because the monsters were in my room?
Where were you Daddy when I got into my first fight after school?
Where were you Daddy when uncle Leroy touched me on my budding breast
Where were you Daddy when Charlie from across the street put his hand down my panties
Where were you Daddy when I won the regional Spelling Bee?
Where were you Daddy when the cake I made for the church picnic fell and the other kids laughed at me?
Where were you Daddy when I won the award for my community service work at the nursing home?
Where were you Daddy when my prom date took my virginity and I begged him not to?
I came to you and tried to tell you, but you thought I was being fast and you didn't hear my words
Where were you Daddy when my stomach was getting bigger because of the baby that was growing inside of me from the rape was born?
Where were you Daddy when I had to face all the stares and ridicule on my own because when you looked at me I could see the disgust in your eyes?
Where were you Daddy when I graduated with honors in spite of having a baby in high school?
The only person I needed to see at the graduation was you, and you never showed up
Where were you Daddy when I did get that Bachelor's Degree when all the odds were against me?
Where were you Daddy when they didn't understand me when I tried to apologize for their perception of me?
When I tried to explain and no one would or could hear the sincerity in my voice
Where were you Daddy when I needed you to hug me and tell me everything is going to be alright, "I GOT YOU BABY".
DADDY I LOVE YOU AND I AM STILL WAITING ON YOU TO COME AND GET ME !!!
The one thing he always taught her was to stand by her word, when you tell someone you are coming thru for them, by God you better do just that or have a valid excuse why you can't. His favorite quote that he always stressed to her was, "Always be Consistent and Considerate Princess".
But, everyone hasn't had this kind of stability in their lives, and your walk through life can be so much different. And you could live in a world where no one seems to do what they say, when you have let down after let down until you are just numb. It cannot be a good feeling, and you start building up walls and closing your heart to people and only depending on yourself. You want to let people in your front seat, but time and time again you keep getting disappointed, so you just say forget it, I'll do me and you do you.
Where were you Daddy when I scrapped my knee on the playground?
Where were you Daddy when I cried because the monsters were in my room?
Where were you Daddy when I got into my first fight after school?
Where were you Daddy when uncle Leroy touched me on my budding breast
Where were you Daddy when Charlie from across the street put his hand down my panties
Where were you Daddy when I won the regional Spelling Bee?
Where were you Daddy when the cake I made for the church picnic fell and the other kids laughed at me?
Where were you Daddy when I won the award for my community service work at the nursing home?
Where were you Daddy when my prom date took my virginity and I begged him not to?
I came to you and tried to tell you, but you thought I was being fast and you didn't hear my words
Where were you Daddy when my stomach was getting bigger because of the baby that was growing inside of me from the rape was born?
Where were you Daddy when I had to face all the stares and ridicule on my own because when you looked at me I could see the disgust in your eyes?
Where were you Daddy when I graduated with honors in spite of having a baby in high school?
The only person I needed to see at the graduation was you, and you never showed up
Where were you Daddy when I did get that Bachelor's Degree when all the odds were against me?
Where were you Daddy when they didn't understand me when I tried to apologize for their perception of me?
When I tried to explain and no one would or could hear the sincerity in my voice
Where were you Daddy when I needed you to hug me and tell me everything is going to be alright, "I GOT YOU BABY".
DADDY I LOVE YOU AND I AM STILL WAITING ON YOU TO COME AND GET ME !!!
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