As dad and I drove home he asked me what I thought. I told him she seemed nice and that I liked her. Both were true, even though I didn't like that I liked her.

Then I said,"I didn't remember how gorgeous she was."

Dad said he thought I was beautiful too.

"Dad, the whole restaurant did not turn and look at me when I walked in."

"Well," he said. "I see you all the time, and every time I see you I am amazed by how pretty you are. When I don't see you for a while, and you come home, I am always, again, struck by your beauty."...