Through His Eyes

June 2018

Through His Eyes

They told him that it was a girl. Everyone was sorry for him. But he knew he wasn’t sorry.

He broke down when he fell. They told him he was a boy. They told him that he shouldn’t cry.

But his father asked ‘are you ok, son?’ She screamed and yelled and cried. Everyone told him that she would grow up as un-feminine as she was. But he wanted her to be herself.

His teachers told him he was incapable. His friends told him he was incapable. The society told him he was incapable. But his father whispered ‘your crutches don’t define you’.

They asked her why she studied so much. Everyone told him that she’d marry and settle down anyways. But he knew that nothing would stop her.

‘Wake up, please’ he cried out of desperation. The siblings were in the accident. The relatives wished they’d get better. Others whispered that they were soon lost. Everyone planned to attend the funeral.

But he knew. He knew that they’d come back. He knew that their hearts were forever intertwined.

Through all the walks of life, they provide us with guidance and love. Fathers, unlike ever-hugging moms, seldom show their affection physically. With the smallest, yet most impacting words, fathers can magically summon joy during horrid times.

Whether or not you’re biologically related, he always calls you his child.

He’s right there, with a twinkle in his eye as he looks at you growing too fast for his liking.

My father has been there to hold me up while I tumble. From trying (but well, failing) at making me brave, to buying me my first book, he’s been beside me when I take each step forward.

He has held me in his arms while I bawled as a baby. He has picked me up when I was down. He has pranked me to make me laugh. He has been loving me ever since I existed, making everyday special.

Father’s day might be a good day to gift some flowers or eat some cake, but every single day, tell him that you’ll always be there just like he was there for you. Tell him you will forever be with him. Tell him that he is an amazing dad.

Tell him that you love him.

Dedicated to my beloved father, an ever-strong source of inspiration.