Gentle Under the Rough Exterior

I don't see a lot of television, but I happened to catch a commercial recently that drew my full attention.  The camera panned down a burly, tattooed hand to fingernails being painted with bright polish.  As the camera pulled away, a little girl dressed in a fairy princess costume was painting her dad's fingernails in her very feminine, little-girl bedroom.  Dad and daughter admired her work, both blowing on the polish to dry.  The commercial was an appeal to fathers to be fully present to their children.  I loved that commercial.  Something so sweet particularly stood out in this season of not-very-sweet political commercials.  It was all about what's truly important -- being with the people we love, creating memories in the simplest and perhaps silliest of activities, finding joy just by being together.