DAD - THIS is so overdue and all for you! - Happy Fathers' Day!

byNewme202

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3 years ago

Hey, where do I begin?

This tribute has been a long time coming.

Happy Father's Day Dad

You totally deserve it

Although you were a man of few words. It always used to annoy me how you never spoke much but always let your actions do the talking

How can that be? I've always asked myself.

Why are you always talking in proverbs instead of just talking to express yourself?

I guess that was the only way you could let me know and prepare me for what was to come.

Dad, I have now lived to see all your little proverb now come true

You must be laughing a lot up there

Every time you used to say, " A calm and soft word turneth away wrath," I used to think you were so silly

Why not confront the people involved instead?

Now I understand what it means.

When I used to complain about how hard my life was, and all you use to say was," It was not every day the rain would fall; one day the sun would shine again."

Or another favourite, "After a storm, there must be a calm," THIS particular one used to frustrate me so much!

So many times, dad, I resented you not doing anything but wished you could just stop talking

But now I realise your many pearls of wisdom

The wisdom that I have now passed unto my children

You were so peaceful, all, easy-going and approached life in a way that seemed stupid at the time

Now that I am older, I realise that I am getting to be a lot like you

I didn't appreciate you then

I didn't say thanks, and I didn't get the chance to do so

It is now lost 12 years since you are now gone, and I find myself treasuring every memory, every interaction that we ever had.

I will never forget the simple things like playing pack in dominoes, just the two of us until it was way past my bedtime on the weekends.

Or when you bought the soursop juice all because you knew that I didn't drink our regular carrot juice on Sundays

Those were little things, dad, but they matter now so much more to me.

Your calm presence and words of wisdom are always with me. It is now the main things that have kept me grounded all these years

Dad, I didn't even tell you how I felt, and I was hoping that you knew.

Still, I am saying it now

Happy Father's day, dad.

I appreciated you.

Until next time,

Simone