{How to raise your Daughters.}

Wakefield, RI.

Little else needs to be said than what is written below, except perhaps that no one ever tells you when your Father is extraordinary and has taught you, practically given you, every tool and bit of knowledge he knows to make you thrive in this world. He never doubted once that my sister and I would become more that what he could have ever possibly dreamt us to be. His imagination was infinite, as is his heart and soul....Thanks Dad.


How to raise your Daughters.



Read. everything.
learn to dribble with both hands.
always put a note in with packed lunches.
do what you love.
take your shoes off at the door.
be barefoot. often.
alou.
play red light green light. as many times as you can.
wear Dad's t-shirts to bed. to school. to wherever.
play the Mary Chapin Carpenter tape again.
learn to tell Miles from Coltrane.
Dance in the kitchen.
Dance when you decorate the Christmas tree.
All I want for Christmas is you.
the Christmas Moose!
Know good wine from great wine.
Go to Italy.
Gelato.
Va Bene.
A little road rage is okay.
Don't ever say "y'all".
look for beach glass.
go for ice cream in the wintertime.
walk in the wildlife refuge.
don't forget the binoculars.
try to make it to Phil's before 8am. $.99 breakfast is always good. especially for poor college students.
aloujo.
smile.
laugh.
cry.
look for cloud animals.
balloonland.
make room for Scottie.
always say I love you.
put me on your shoulders when you mow the lawn.
"clean this 'shit' up."
call your grandparents.
Sunday at 1.
everyone should have a crazy dance.
dress up as Santa and take a picture with the Pizza Girl.
"patience is a virtue"
figure out the physics of how the phone bounced from the couch, half way across the room. it can be done!
Fuzzy Duck.
Dad-E.
Fada.
Daddyboo.
Socko and Sockorina.
count the birds in the sky.
"Jump to me".
start the day with coffee.
catch fireflies.
Tupelo Honey.
Brown-eyed Girl.
Play the guitar.
take too many pictures.
always know where the exits are.
"what color is this?"
pepper before parmesan.
the flying pillow.
Wednesday night dinners.
"be a shameless opportunist"
dump ducks.
look for dollar bills in the sand.
wrap birthday presents in the funnies.
hand wash the dishes.
bend the rules.
sneak onto the beach.
find out why the moon is yellow sometimes.
always check the surf.
mtty.
Rocky the Cat.
learn to drive a stick shift.
point your toes.
stick your landings.
SCMC.
The Polar Bear Princess.
The Day Jake Vacuumed.
Salt.
Dinotopia.
The Velveteen Rabbit.
"I Spy."
"stuuuck".
Alf.
Calvin and Hobbes.
the wooden spoon.
procrastinate. later.
the special breakfast place.
a limo for your 21st birthday, just to be safe and because you're special.
always have good running shoes.
you are never without me.
watch the sunrise...


and let each day go with the sunset.