Memories of You Tatay

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This is my favorite picture of all time. The picture of my daughter when she is a year old and my father in law. Life has been a rough start for us between me and my father in law. I knew he doesn't even like me at first. During the first months that my husband and I are together we opted to live on our own as father is angry at us. I understand it was our fault I got pregnant early while hubby was still in school. Every time we visit his house I was like an invisible person and he doesn't even talked to me. I delivered my daughter and stayed in our own house for a month. Husband decided it was time for us to bring him our daughter. This is the most priceless moment in my life when father have seen my daughter for the first time. Father has a really strong personality and his smile is like rain in the desert. That time when for the first time he has seen my daughter it was like he won in a lottery. It's like saying a guy who have been struck by love at first sight. How I wished I have captured that moment. From that moment on I was really grateful that my daughter have grown up beside her grandparents full of love. After 2 years I became pregnant again . I really prayed for a baby boy for Tatay I admired him and respected so much that I always want them to be happy. When the ultrasound result showed that it was a baby boy I was really excited to tell everyone. Days passed,remember the Yolanda typhoon, he is one of those working in the government agencies who worked nonstop to help people. Tatay, he is the person who is always open in helping others. That time during Yolanda he never take a rest transporting relief goods to Leyte to send to the victims. The morning after a he is busy preparing to bring another batch of  relief goods I knew he really did not feel well that time. But he could never be stopped in going to Leyte. That afternoon while I'm busy in my work husband called me that Tatay was in brought to the hospital. We rushed to the hospital and husband said he had a heart attack. I never thought that would be the last time I would talk to him that day. Now it's almost a year that he is gone. My baby boy came into this world without knowing his Lolo. It really saddened me that he would never experience the same as his sister. Until now we would still cry whenever we remembered those memories. It is really true that you will know how good a person you are when you are dead. He filled the whole church with people crying for him and thanking him for what they have done for him. I really admire him and thank him that he came into my life.



About the author

mary-anthonette

lives in the Philippines with kids a girl and a boy.

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