It's a good day to be a dad

The family and I were all watching the Boise State - Virginia Tech game on Monday night, and Boise State had just scored to win the game at the very end, when Madi came up to me crying.  I asked her "Why are you crying, Madi?"

Madi: "that girl on TV is crying."

I looked at the screen and a Virginia Tech fan was teary-eyed as she watched her favorite team lose.

Me: "she's just sad that her team is going to lose the game."

Madi: "But why is she so sad?"

Me: "Because it's sad when your favorite team loses."

Madi:

Me: Oh, Madi.  It's ok.  When we see somebody crying, we can go give them a hug and tell them we love them.

Madi: but how can I give her a hug if she's on TV?

Me: How about this: we can go say a prayer to Heavenly Father and he will help her to be happy again."

Madi: ok.

So we went into an empty bedroom and knelt down and prayed that the lady on TV would be happy again.

I asked Madi if she felt better now, and she told me yes, that the lady would be happy now that we asked Heavenly Father to make her happy.

To see that much empathy in my little girl already was a real blessing to me, to know that she wants others to be happy and that she is sensitive enough to see someone in pain and want to help.