Save The World

Carlos Whittaker wrote this and its up there with the Gettysburg Address and such. Its complete truth about a Father and Daughter. Read on:

"Dear Sohaila,

Last night when mommy and I got home from Waffle House we were exhausted. That means really tired. We talked about our hopes and dreams. We talked about changing the world. I kept asking her what you would think? What you would say in 15 years about your daddy’s attempt to save the world? We talked and we talked. Mommy even cried a few times. It was my fault. Don’t worry. So when we got home we paid the babysitter and walked upstairs to go to bed. I was tired. I was ready to spread out on my California King and feel the coolness of the other side of the pillow. And there you 2 were. You and Seanna dead asleep in our bed. The thing you don’t know is that mommy and I turned to each other and smiled. We slid in bed, her next to Seanna and me next to you. We didn’t say a word. Before I got in I said, “Watch this” And with the strength of a magnet to a fridge you rolled right over. Dead asleep. Your tiny butt fit right in my gut. Seanna rolled like clockwork into mommy. I smiled at mommy. I whispered in your ear that Daddy loves you and you nodded quietly. I smelled your 6 year old hair that still had scent of your school lunchroom. I kissed your pasty white forehead which has still only been kissed my one man. I held you tighter than you wanted, you gave me a quick heel to the thigh. I started thinking about saving the world again. For you. Then it hit me...

The only world you want me to save is yours.

Dad"