Did your father ever write you a note?

I remember the day like it was last month. I needed a new pair of shoes. So off I was sent to Allan’s Shoe Store, St Albans. Mum wrote a note for the shop owner, and away I went.

No money changed hands. No price was ever mentioned. I didn’t even need to say much. It just happened.

Mr Allan told me where to sit and in a short period of time I was on my way with that new leather and rubber school shoes smell rising from my feet.

Can you smell that new shoes smell right now? You know as well as I do that was more than 10 years ago! I mean, I rode my bike several kilometres down to the shop, obtained those shoes and remember all the details from where I sat to how many shoes the salesman tried on to what the shop owner’s hair looked like. I can tell you all the details.

Why can I remember all of that? It wasn’t the shoes, I’ll tell you now. It was the note. The power and the mystery of the note!

Has your father ever written you a note? If so what type of note was it? Was it a something to buy at the shops? Was it a thank you note? My Father never wrote me a note. The only note associated with me I remember Dad having was the paper he wrote the notes on for the speech he read out at my 21^st party. I can remember those encouraging words like it was yesterday too.

We all know there is no power in the paper or even the words on the paper. But I can assure you that my life was powered by the encouragement that my Father read out to the audience at speech time at my 21^st party.

Have you ever written your daughter a note?

It may be the single most influential thing you do for your daughter. At the father daughter event we will talk for a short time about this topic.

I’ll let you in on a small moment that demonstrates the importance of this idea. Just the other day, I was feeling rotten with the flu, one of my daughters was going to bed a little late. She knew that it was too late for talking, and therefore held in her hand, where I could read it, a note she had pulled out from her notes collection.

The note was hand written, it was from me, to her, and it simply said something simple like, “Dear (Name of Child),

I hope you get well soon, thank you or your efforts to help at home…”

She remembered getting the note, like it was yesterday…which it wasn’t. I couldn’t even remember which month I gave it to her!

Here is a video clip (online) you really ought to see.  View testimonials on father daughter blessings. It is about the impact a letter had on an adult daughter. When you click on the link you'll go to a site called "graceproducts". They produce an excellent series called "Letters From Dad".

To view click here the video is very very short.
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