July 2, 2013
Dear Emily,
Today I saw you for
the first time. The first thing I noticed about you Emily was how comfortable
and cuddly you were with your mom. I can tell that you will have a special
relationship with her. I know that she loves you so much. She has carried you
for the last 9 months and has suffered a lot in order to see you this day. We
are so grateful that you are here. The next thing I noticed was how calm and
sweet you are. You calmed down the moment I held you and seemed to respond to
my voice in a way that showed you trusted me and knew that everything was going
to be all right because you have a family here on earth. Emily, we will try to
be so good to you.
I want you to learn everything that I know. I want us to
have stimulating intellectual conversations. I want to have pretend tea parties
with you and your dolls. I want to teach you how to ride a bike. I want to come
to all of your music recitals and sports performances. I want you to talk to me
about the boys you like and the man you will want to marry. I want to drop you off at college (hopefully BYU)
and make sure you are all settled in and I hope you like your roommates and
don’t feel too homesick, but also that you still miss us and want to talk to us
every Sunday. I want to hold you in the middle of the night when you had a bad
dream and are scared. I want to eat hot fudge sundaes for dessert after family
home evening (you can show me how you like to make it). I want you to come home
from your first day at a job and tell me all about it. I want to play hide and
seek with you and your big sister and maybe a little brother. I want to hear
you practicing the piano and learn a duet with you that we can perform at a
recital.
I hope you get
excited when I come home from work and run into my open arms. I hope you know
that I will always love you no matter what you do or say or think. I hope you
are spared all of my bad genes and can be healthy both physically and
emotionally. I hope that you like reading good books and watching good shows. I
hope that you create your own preferences and tastes. I hope that you can gain
a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and their love for you.
I hope that you will read the Book of Mormon and receive a witness from the
Holy Ghost as I have that it is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of
God. I hope that I can be a good example to you and won’t ever let you down. I
hope that you learn how to deal with adversity in a mature and noble way. I
hope that you are kind and humble, that you treat others as you would like to
be treated. I hope that you have friends from all different backgrounds,
cultures, and lifestyles. I hope that you can be tolerant while maintaining
your own standards of faith and virtue. I hope that you are happy and
successful and live a life full of meaning and service.
I love you Emily. I consider myself very lucky to be your
dad. I’m looking forward to getting to know you better. Thanks for making my
day!
See you tomorrow,
Papa
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