Daddy's Girl

I happened upon some pages of back-to-school fashions for little girls in one of my vintage magazines the other day that were as beautiful as paintings. They were posing with their fathers.

I wondered what these fathers of 1961--the year R.H. and I were married--could have been saying to their daughters. I thought of my own father, and of me and my three sisters.

And of course it made me think of my own wonderful daughter who is definitely a Daddy's Girl.

From McCall's magazine, August 1961 issue,

beautifully photographed by Harold Krieger.....

 "Let's read, shall we?

A book is a window to the world."

"Think before you make a decision."

"Of course you can learn to ski.

You can learn almost anything if you

work hard enough at it."

"I'll go to the ballet with you and your little sister.

And tomorrow let's work on those math problems.

There's nothing scary about math."

 "You know you can tell me and your mother

anything, don't you?"

 

 "A sister is a friend you'll always have."

  

"Yes, you're beautiful,

and you're smart.

But you're also a very nice person."

"Let's get Mommy to teach us both to knit."

"Where do you want to travel when you grow up?

We could start learning the language now."

"You treat him with respect, honey.

But you darn sure expect him to treat you

with respect, too.
I hope you'll remember that when you're older."

 "I am so sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

I was just thinking about a problem at work.

Will you forgive me?"

"Never forget that I love you!"

This post is dedicated to all the good dads out there,

and to my sisters--we had a great one, didn't we?

And especially it is dedicated to my own Daddy's Girl

and to her daddy!