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THE “HELLO DADDY” STORY<\/strong>
As a parent I wanted to share with you today the story  behind one of my songs titled, Hello Daddy. I believe its a song that works anytime of the year (especially if you’re a parent) but many of my friends have told me they especially think of it as one of their favorite  fathers day songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My name is Patrick Newberry. I live in Tampa, Florida. I’m just a normal guy, parent of three, I run a small business and occasionally I write music in my personal time.<\/p>\n

Late one Wednesday eve back in 2004, after feeding my children dinner, and while my wife was away at church for a few minutes, I sat down at the piano for a few minutes of “quality” me time. The kids were in their bedrooms, each somewhere between playing with toys and getting prepared for bed.<\/p>\n

As I was really geting into my personal moments on the piano, my youngest daughter Holly came out and asked me, with the most adorable little hug, “hello daddy, umm could you please come and say my prayers with me?”<\/p>\n

Trust me, I stopped right then and there and… piano time, was officially finished.<\/p>\n

So we headed to her bedroom and knelt down by the bed and whispered our nightly prayers.<\/p>\n

I tucked little Holly in and was about to get back to my “quality” alone time when that all to adorable voice said softly…daddy please don’t go anywhere…couldn’t you please stay daddy, for just a little bit longer?<\/p>\n

I recall laying on the floor, holding their small hands or occasionally they would just want to hang on to one of my fingers. I think the point was we had to be connected in some way. Never the less, eventually after enough banter or story telling they would soon drift off to the land of dreams and I could make my quiet exit.<\/p>\n

As I recall it took a few minutes to get Holly to fall a sleep that evening but before long she did and I knew that if I was going to have any more “quality” alone time, it would be with a very quite melody.<\/p>\n