Heartwarming

this is a beautiful journey. it makes me want to drive across country. just taking pictures of absolutely everything. but even more, it makes me wish my relationship with my father was like this one. this girl is so lucky. her father shows his love for her with more than a few nice things every once in a while. he would do EVERYTHING for her. sacrifice EVERYTHING. she is his life. she means the WORLD to him. and i wish i had that. they know each other so well. in the photos, in the letters, you can literally feel the connection, the love, the knowledge. it was so uplifting to look at their journey, but for me, kind of sad. because i want that.
in his beautiful portraits of his daughter, you can see the strength and confidence in her eyes. the strong woman that he raised so perfectly. she's her own self though. and he sees and knows that.
and then the love and admiration she has for him. it's unbelievable. maybe just because i have never truly experienced that. I've only experienced fear, sorrow, shyness. he doesn't know me. he doesn't understand what i love and dream of. but she admires her father so much. me, i just hope to never be like my father. i hope my husband will be a better father to our kids than my father was to us. he isn't even much of a father. more like a father figure. and that is so sad. but so true.
but this journey, of this girl and her father, it is just perfect.