to all the Dad, Tatay, and Papi of the world … HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! from me and Malou, mwuah!!!

my Dad during my kazin’s wedding

Malou’s Tatay with Nanay and Ann

[ Sometimes I wish I wouldn't forget how you were ]

Sometimes …

I feel that each day carries me away from you. Among the things I hold dear are the memories I have of you. But with each minute, new memories with new people are made. Sometimes I wish I had a memory of gazillion gigabytes where I could store every little detail so that I wouldn’t forget …

Wouldn’t forget …

How you would always take my hand when we walk. How you would laugh heartily at my jokes. How you would listen intently at my bashings and my stories about school. How you would help me with my school work. How you would dry my hair as I prepare for school during my elementary and gradeschool years. How you would take control of the remote and channel surf, amazingly skipping the channels that I want to watch. How you would remind me to pray at night and drink my medicine. How you would insist on calling every Friday when my sister and I were away from home during our college years. How you would look at my sister and I with eyes filled with amazement as we recount our escapades in Manila. How you would always be at the forefront of people waiting for us each time we’d fly home for the semestral, Christmas or summer breaks. How you proudly sat through our graduation and sang the alma mater song that you also hold dear. How you …

How you …

Told me that there’s more to life than what I knew of it. It’s amazing that even if it has almost been five years, I still get a lump in my throat each time I think of you. I miss you and wish I could hug you tight and tell you how much I’ve grown through the years. I wish I could introduce you to the people I’ve met, and to the special man in my life right now. How I wish I could see your expression and hear what you have to say. I’m sure you’d get along great because you’ve got a lot of things in common. I wish …

I wish …

That in time I’d come to accept God’s special plan. People say, He took you away for a very special reason. So watch over us from above, our very special angel.

Happy Father’s Day!!!