Things I Want to Teach My Daughter

Things I Want to Teach My Daughter

• Beauty is a state of mind, not a state of body.

• The benefit of the doubt is sometimes the best gift we can give our friends.
• There will always be mean girls – that doesn’t mean we find a tower and Rapunzel ourselves away from the world.
• Your daddy has loved you better and longer than any boy ever will.
• You’re always welcome in my wardrobe.
• The world needs your point of view.
• Food is a joy.
• Your body is strong and capable of more than you can imagine right now.

• You can never have too much ice cream.

• Music makes everything better.
• Continue to dance.
• You’ll never be too old for me to rock you.
• Nothing you tell me will ever make me want to stop hearing from you.
• No prayer request is ever too small, too silly or too embarrassing to share.
• Washing your face every night is the best kind of beauty routine.
• Sunscreen – you have my fair skin.
• Mr. Darcy and popcorn make for a perfect evening.
• A good movie can change how you understand someone else.
• Words can build bridges between people.
• Home is not where we live but who we love.
• Your name holds a special meaning for us.
• Inevitably I will splinter your heart. But we will tweeze it out together.
• You taught me how to feel beautiful.

•  Staying up late to read a good book is never time wasted.

• Good girls aren’t boring.
• A great mascara is always worth the investment.  Same goes with moisturizer.
• The best way never to worry about anyone gossiping about you is never to gossip about anybody.
• Saying sorry first is a sign of strength not a weakness.
• I’m on your side; especially on the days when it doesn’t feel like it.
• Your body is not just yours. It’s a gift for your husband. I promise it’s worth waiting to unwrap together.
• Sex for the first time will require a beautiful sense of humor and a partner who’s in it for life.

• The movies lie. Passion isn’t a contorted exercise on a marble staircase, it’s doing the dishes together and lying with your feet touching in bed at the end of a long day

• Marriage is an act of courage, commitment and sacrifice. It’s also the most fun you’ll ever have with your best friend.
• Always fight fair. But don’t be afraid to fight.

• Long hair requires a really good conditioner.
• God says He has made all things beautiful – that includes you, my love – no matter how you feel about your body.
• You can never go wrong with a good pair of jeans.
• I love the curves you gave me.
• Sometimes you need a "cry-night."
• Christian women aren’t immune from cliques. Love on regardless.
• Bad hair days are inevitable.

• A strong man is never threatened by a strong woman.

•  Go big even if it means failing big. Especially then.
• Be the friend you wish you had.
• Travel.
• You can’t control what others think about you. Let it go.
• I will be your best friend. But I will be your mother more.
• Stop for sunsets.

• Prince Charming isn’t a fairytale, he’s a myth.


• Daughters teach us about our mothers. You made me and grandma closer than we were even before I had you.
• Jesus loves you for you. Not for your ability to bear children.
• Husbands need a wife. Not another mom.
• It’s true what they say about childbirth and then some.
• Love waits.
• Patience is never wasted.
• Don’t just Instagram your life. Live it.
• Dad will be the one helping you with math homework.
• Don’t be afraid of a broken heart.

• The only thing holding you back from making a difference in the world will be yourself.

• Girlfriends are the best kind of free therapy there is.
• Don’t be afraid to be foolish.
• Real life is always better than online.
• A good friend loves at all times. Period.
• I’m more interested in your growth than your happiness.
• I will always be there when you hurt.

• If it makes you feel uncomfortable, don’t do it, wear it or say it.

• Challenge yourself.
• Learn at least one other language.
• Homesickness never gets easier.
• We need each other.
• Bad haircuts grow out eventually.
• You will love again.

• The painful truth is always easier than a messy lie.

•  Jesus loves you, this I know. In my heart, my bones, my soul.  Your Heavenly Father loves you too.  You are a DAUGHTER of GOD.

• There’s no such thing as perfect.
• You can always come home.
• Nothing will make me love you less.
• Nothing will make me love you more.
• The mirror is not the boss of you.
• You’re the most brave when you’re the most scared and keep going anyway.
• Womanhood is a gift.
• I’m never tired of being your mother.

• You will always be my baby girl.

(I changed it a little to make it my own, but here is the original Source: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/07/raising-a-girl-100-things-i-want-to-teach-my-daughter/)