
“Dad, am I pretty?”
“Yes. You are very pretty.”
“Dad, what does pretty mean?”
“Pretty means a lot of things. In fact, it means different things to different people. It is kind of hard to pin down.”
“How do you know I’m pretty?”

What I wanted to say:
Because I get to see you when you are kind.
Because your eyes widen and you smile when you see something you’ve never seen before.