A.M.P.

No, this is not a blog about amplifiers but a song dedication to my beautiful and wonderful daughter, Autumn Melody Plasencia. What sparked this blog you may ask? Well, the other day me, my wife and daughter were at Blockbuster renting a movie and Autumn picked up a box of Spongebob Squarepants Crabby Patties candies. Once we were done and half way out the door we realized that we didn't pay for it so we decided to walk back and pay for it so as not to show a bad example for our daughter. I don't want her growing up thinking it's O.K. the way I grew up with my family and our "famous" Walt Disney world trips. The customer service rep there commented on how weird it was to see someone coming back and paying for something when they were already out the door so he decided to give us a discount on the box of candy and said thank you. This is something I want to teach her because I'm afraid I have not fully learned this valuable trait. I consider it an addiction the way you would look at a drug addict or alcoholics. I've been arrested for it once and have tried to stop even after repeated pleas from my wife. I have been denied a promotion from my previous job because of the mark that one arrest left on my record. I am in the process right now to have it expunged/sealed from my record....but that's for another blog.

I would love to teach her to be humble regardless of how good she is at any one thing. I would love to teach her respect like showing respect for other people's opinions. I would to teach her to always tell the truth even if it means getting grounded, losing an opportunity, getting fired from a job. To appeal to the nobler motives. To be sympathetic with the other person's idea and desires. To show her that if she works hard enough dreams do come true. I want these things and more to shape her into a genuine and "real" person and not the usual faker that surround me.


Well I want you to notice
To notice when I'm not around
I know your eyes see straight through me
And speak to me without a sound

And I want to hold you
Protect you from all the things I've already endured
And I want to show you
To show you all of the things that this life has in store for you
I'll always love you
The way a father sould love his daughter

When I walked out this morning
I cried as I walked to the door
I cried about how long I'd be away
I cried about leaving you alone

And I want to hold you
Protect you from all the things I've already endured
And I want to show you
To show you all of the things that this life has in store for you
I'll always love you
The way a father sould love his daughter

Sweet Zoe Jane
Sweet Zoe Jane

So I wanted to say this
'cause I wouldn't know where to begin
To explain to you what I have been through
To explain where your daddy has been

And I want to hold you
Protect you from all the things I've already endured
And I want to show you
To show you all of the things that this life has in store for you
I'll always love you
The way a father sould love his daughter

Sweet Zoe Jane
Sweet Zoe Jane