2 weeks after our daughter was born my husband was called to do a six month deployment over seas. He returned and then was called out again to do another 4.5 month deployment. My prayer was that God would create a bond between my daughter and her daddy whom she never really knew. He returned just in time for her 1st birthday. Mariah was SO scared of her daddy she cried everytime he came close to her. It broke his and my heart over and over everytime this would happen. I knew that with diligent prayer and love that God would soften both of their hearts. I assured my husband that Mariah loved him and she needed him to shower her everyday and in everyway. After some time….God blessed my husband and our daughter with a relationship that’s forever strong! Not a day goes by that when I see those two play..that I don’t thank God for His never ending devotion and love to us and for giving my husband what he needed…his baby girl!