if i have a daughter

if i have a daughter someday

i will sprinkle her with sugar,

blanket her in love,

tickle her toes.

if i have a daughter someday

i will tell her about the wonders of this world.

we will travel, big hand in little hand, to the mountains, lakes, and seas.

we will sit beneath the trees, smelling the warm butterscotch scent of the ponderosa pines.

if i have a daughter someday

i will sing to her,

sing her songs of silliness,

songs of joy,

songs of hope.

if i have a daughter someday

i will show her what it means to be loved,

i will show my daughter the great big Love

of he who has the whole world in his hands.

if i have a daughter someday

she will surely teach me too.