When I was a little girl, my dad used to say to me “You don’t have to be the winner to prove you’re the best, because when you give your best shot at anything you do, you win."
My dad is a rock solid character. Mum nags, but dad always finds the right time to talk sense into me. Every time I got into trouble mum would throw her famous “I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times...” at me straight away, while dad would rather come to my room before I went to bed, sit down and say “Pipi, we need to talk."
I’m not saying what mum did is wrong, heck no. I admit mothers have the toughest jobs. I love my mum from the very bottom of my heart. My mum is always there for me, and whenever I turn to her for comfort, she never fails to convince me that everything is going to be just fine.
It’s just that now I’m a grown-up, I realise how I often take my dad for granted despite all of his sacrifices to make this world a better and safer place for me to live in. When I was still living at home, every time dad was around all I said was “Dad, can I have some money?” or “Dad, buy me this...” and “Dad, buy me that...”, and a great father he is, he always did.
So daddy dearest, here’s one for you. Even though I haven’t exactly been the best daughter in the world, you have been the best father a girl could ever have. I want you to know that I love you. You know me well enough to realise that it’s hard for me to say “I love you” to your face, so for now this might be as far as I can go. You and mum are my heroes. You’ve given so much but never once ask anything in return. Every little thing you ask me to do is always for my own good, and I hate that it took me too long to understand.
Everytime you take me to the airport before leaving for Melbourne, you always whisper “Baby, please don’t let daddy down” and guess what dad, I will try my best not to. I love you, daddy. You’ve been, you are, and you’ll always be my great old man.
X
Your proud daughter.
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