![]() There's no guarantee to happiness all around, no matter what age you are as a parent or as a child. He will still be inside her, like the light that once shone on her.Įvery parent fears the dangers and disappointments that their children will inevitable suffer from - such are the facts of life. If she hasn't got a father, she will have a 'memory', and he will be like a 'postcard of a Golden Retriever' to her. When she gets scared, and is looking for her father for solace. It is Paul's answer to his daughter to the questions she will inevitably ask when Paul is no longer around. ![]() So that is the meaning I attribute to this song. Of course Paul has been considering these questions all along. to accept the risk of never seeing them getting married, never see the grandchildren they bear you, never be able to help them cope with the problems of grown-ups? Is it responsible to have children at 54? (His son Gabriel was born when Paul was 57.) What do we owe our children, when it comes to sheer lifetime? Can we just die on them when they are 16? Is it o.k. I am sure that Paul, who was 54 when his daughter Lulu was born, has been thinking of his own mortality as a father. Makes you think about everything your parents have meant to you, what they have been able to give you along for the ride. The latter suggestion is certainly helped by the fact that my own parents have died in the past few years. We may have many, many decades to share our lives together and then we may not. I am so totally in love with them, it amazes, enthralls, and hurts. I was 37 when my wife & I had our first daughter. You cast your line and hope you get a bite ![]() There could never be a father loved his daughter ![]() There's nothing scary hiding under your bed ![]()
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