It's Dad's Day Today...

Admittedly, I am not close to my Dad. To add, I am not as well close to my Mom. I believe that amongst my siblings, I am the most detached to both my parents. Not that we built walls amongst us, it's just that I was raised to be self-reliant, me being the third child in a brood of six. They said that middle children like me are the ones who are more independent and I completely agree. I always proclaim myself as a self-made man.

Since we're not that showy of our emotions and feelings, this day will just be another ordinary Sunday for us. Mom and Dad will be in church doing their Sunday Church duties, my siblings will go to their respective walks and appointments and me waking up late and head to my internet cafe at lunch time. Nothing extra special.

But somehow, I wished there is something today. We may not be too expressive of our feelings but it would have been better if we spend this time as a family paying the man of the house a tribute. I don't know why I suddenly envied families who celebrate these events as celebrating a grand feast in their household. Now that Dad is quite old and is sick, I wished me and my siblings would do something for him today.

I do not have a perfect Dad. I know he had his fair share of faults and mistakes during his early years. I have heard of stories of him philandering before. But again, that was before. The Dad that I have today is still the very same imperfect person, but have matured and grown to deliver his role as a father in the best way he could. Imagine raising six children in good manners acceptable to society (I am the juvenile delinquent of the family, if I really am!). Imagine raising a family with you being a small-salaried employee of a government agency which funds allocated by the national government are all the times limited, if not insufficient. Imagine how a poor guy like him, with no good education at all was able to send five kids in school and now diploma holders and working. Since he has improved a mile from his old ways, I can only appreciate his efforts of being the best father that he could be now that I am all grown up!

My Dad isn't special but to all of us, his kids, he is indeed a hero. And yes, I may not be his best kid and I may not be his favorite but I will always be proud having him as my father...

Happy Father's Day, Papa! I love you...