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    Something for My Daughter
    Something for My Daughter
    Something for My Daughter
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    Something for My Daughter

    By William Robinson

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    In a world like the one we live in, there are many people who leave for work never to return. This book was created because if I happen to be one of those people, I would want my daughter to learn the lessons I would want to teach her if I were with her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 17, 2012
    ISBN9781300533726
    Something for My Daughter
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    William Robinson

    William Robinson (1838–1935) emigrated from Ireland at a young age and was rapidly welcomed into the top echelons of British horticulture and botany. By 1866 he was a Fellow in the Linnean Society, sponsored by his friend Charles Darwin. Already an expert on the flora of the British Isles, he traveled the breadth of North America by train in 1870, observing regional habitats and forging lasting connections with Charles Sargent, Asa Gray, Frederick Law Olmsted, and others of their stature. Robinson was just thirty-two when he first published The Wild Garden, which has proved to be the most insightful, influential, and enduring of his many books and journals. Robinson's brilliance and enormous personal energy enabled him to become one of the most accomplished gardeners, editors, and publishers of his era, and he is often referred to as the Father of the English Flower Garden. Gravetye Manor, a sixteenth-century house which survives on over one-thousand acres in West Sussex, became his home and laboratory for developing and refining the wild garden concept.

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      Something for My Daughter - William Robinson

      Something for My Daughter

      Something for My Daughter

      Copyright 2012 William Robinson.

      All Rights reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a

      retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the

      written permission of the author.

      Printed in the United States of America

      ISBN 978-1-300-53372-6

      For All the Daughter’s.  I can only hope that the life you live is worthy of you.

      Introduction

      We fathers are a unique breed.  We are protective, we are providers, we can be nurturing under the right conditions. 

      For most of us, our daughters during our entire lives are the one thing that will cause us the most pain.  In some cases we are putty in their hands and at the same time we can grow so angry at them that they give us ulcers.

      Our daughters remind us of how good we are and how good we could be.  We want to be hero’s for our children but especially our daughters.  We see our daughters as princesses, we think no boys are worthy of them. 

      This book is a collection of advice for daughters to help her in her journey through life.  If she follows the advice my hope is that she will experience all the things that will bring her joy and reduce the things that cause her pain.

      There are some things that Fathers should teach daughters.  The ones I feel that are important are as follows:

      1.  Family is forever – Without your family, life can be harder to manage.  Family is not just people who have your genetic DNA; family includes those people that you include in your inner circle.  People who have your back in hard times.  People who are there for you when you are celebrating your victories and no matter your faults they accept you.

      2.  You are beautiful just the way you are – When people are born they are given gifts, some people are beautiful, some are smart, some are super intelligent, and some are kind. No matter who you are each person is given a gift.  If you choose not to use your gift because it is not the one you want that is your fault.  Most women want to be beautiful because they believe that if they are beautiful men will want them and people will like them and women will envy them.  Problem is that every woman is beautiful because it is not on the outside.  Let me explain.  There are women in the world who are not so attractive outside but because they have a warm personality and they keep themselves up (make up, hair neat, nice clothes) they attract the same men as a beautiful woman (face wise) because she has a better heart.  Boys have a tendency to want to change you to make you look like someone else that they may admire.  Always look for a boy/man who accepts you as you are.  You don’t need to change for anyone but you.

      3.  You are capable of anything – Someone once told me that the first step in reaching your dreams is to wake up.  You can be or do anything in your life that you want to do.  If you have the brains and you network well you can go straight to the top.  Notice I mentioned network well.  It’s because it is not what you know it is who you know that will help you get ahead in life.  What you know may help you stick around for a while but who you know will help you progress.  Be nice to the people as you move up in your life because they will remember that when you start to move down in your life

      4.  Men should treat you with gentleness and respect – A man or boyfriend should treat you as well or better than your father treats you.  There is no reason for you to be with someone who disrespects you, embarrasses you, or tries to own you. 

      5.  Not to drink too much and to stay away from drugs – I never did drink nor do drugs.  It was a personal choice.  I would love for you to

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