My Lovely Daughter

I give my to you Daughter.

I held her as an infant; I hugged her as a girl and through the years she has become my greatest pride and joy.

I love her more than I can say, her life more precious than my own. But gone are the whims and notions of the little girl that I have known.

For the years have passed so quickly since the time it all began, and now she stands before me with the convictions of a woman.

She wants to serve her country, she states aloud with pride, as I try to sort out the emotions that I'm feeling deep inside.

A union of the uncertain fear, which I cannot control, and the allegiance that lies deep within my patriotic soul.

I trust that my years of guidance will serve as a strong foundation as she performs the duties requested from her beloved nation.

God, please guide her as she travels to the places our Soldiers have bled, and walk with her through pathways where those heroes' feet have tread.

Oh, Sweet Land of Liberty, humbly I give you my daughter, praying you'll return her safely home when her work for you is done.

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