True love in a family is that which can never be replaced. The kind of love that makes the bond between father and daughter so strong is also the kind of love that makes a child smile after coming home from a long day at work. The one that keeps a family afloat through anything. True love becomes evident when reading the poem My Papa's Waltz which describes a father coming home from work and seeing his wife and son. Right after dinner, the father immediately starts making a lot of noise banging on pans and dancing in the kitchen. When the father realizes the boy's excitement, he grabs him to join in the dance and the two start fighting around the kitchen making a mess. The mother isn't the happiest because the two "ran wild until the pans slipped off the shelf" (Roethke lines 5-6) but she enjoys seeing the two have so much fun. In the poem, the boy describes every aspect of his father as the two play. Even though the mother in this story is angry because she will have to clean up, it is clear that the son and father are having a lot of fun. This story ends when the dad "then waltzed me into bed, still clinging to your shirt." (lines 15-16) The son's evening ended with his father dancing him to bed. True love couldn't be more evident than this in a family. Many people can think of memories of parents performing complete acts of love like this just to have a child