Even though I’m sure Martina McBride’s wonderful “In My Daughter’s Eyes” is really meant to be a song for moms and daughters, I think dads can totally appreciate the beautiful sentiment behind it. I know I sure do. I love this song and totally understand what it’s all about. It can just as easily be about son’s eyes as well. It’s just about how our children teach us as much as we teach them and how they make us better people by trying to be better examples for them.

Here’s Martina performing this song live

In My Daughter’s Eyes
In my daughter’s eyes I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter’s eyes

In my daughter’s eyes everyone is equal
Darkness turns to light and the
world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me
gives me strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter’s eyes

And when she wraps her hand
around my finger
It puts a smile in my heart
Everything becomes a little clearer
I realize what life is all about

It’s hangin’ on when your heart
has had enough
It’s giving more when you feel like giving up
I’ve seen the light
It’s in my daughter’s eyes

In my daughter’s eyes I can see the future
A reflection of who I am and what will be
Though she’ll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I’m gone I hope you see how happy
she made me
For I’ll be there
In my daughter’s eyes

Doriano “Paisano” Carta is the proud papa of three children, Nicholas (10), Matthew (6) and Rachel (4). Besides being a contributing Executive Editor for Dad-o-matic, he also writes for other blogs such as Mashable, SarahLacy.com and SocialMediaMom.com as well as his own  blog, DorianoCarta.com. . Pai can be found on twitter as Paisano.