I'm glad I went home..
Submitted by jesh on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 09:13.
I just came back here in CDO yesterday from MEDINA where I visited my family, for we had a 10 days no class because of A(H1N1) virus. At first I was hesitating to go home dahil gastos sa pamasahe, but then umuwi pa rin ako, hindi ako makatiis eh,(hehehe). I just wanna share one important event in my life.
Since childhood I really never got the chance to talk to my father one on one without contradicting each other's ideas. Perhaps, my father always got that kind of thoughts that its hard to agree with. Sometimes He would stick to one idea which he thinks is right without listening to others opinions, thats why we would always end up arguing. Since he was my father and I really respected him, I would simply make an excuse to exit myself of the arguing things. I love my father dearly, he was my friend and my companion since I was a child. I raised up by the way his showing his love for us , and I have nothing against it, only for one thing. We really don't have the same thoughts in some things, and its really hard for me to continue talking with him when my mind is going against his. I thought that perhaps thats the way it is and I can't change it anymore. Yet till one day. It was last saturday afternoon when the sun beginning to set to its setting when my father and I had a talk near the shore. The place was so relaxing not like to the city life that there are lots of pollution and noisy things, the water from the sea made the two of us more at peace. Then suddenly my father started talking to me, saying things that I never heard before in the past 20 years of my life. He said things that hard to believe that makes me asked, "is this really my father talking?". He even shared his thoughts to me, his plans that I can agreed with. I felt a sudden joy to my heart that I can't help but smiling. For once, I realized that my father is having an amazing thoughts that I never noticed before. We just ended our conversations because of the rain started falling, we didn't even notice that it was already dark. It was really nice to had that kind of talk with my father. We went home together, with happiness in my heart.
ThankGod for giving me that one special day with my father, I really love my father though I'm too shy enough to say to him how much I love him and how thankful I'am for raising us well, for doing his best in order to give us support, and though he was so hard headed, I still and will always love him that nobody can.
Having that kind of experienced with my father was really made me more feel loved by him, that for years I never felt. I will never forget that day. And I'm glad I went home...
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Your father
Thanks, Jesh, for your beautiful sharing. We can never fully know each other, including - maybe especailly - those closest to us. Your experience with your father was one where he was relating to you as his adult daughter. It is difficult for parents to realize that their children eventually become adults. Your father clearly wasn't sharing only his ideas, which you usually class about, but himself. You were always aware of and thankful for his love but at one level had put him in a 'box', as perhaps most of us do to some extent with our parents when we are young.
Your story reminded me of moments with my own parents when they took me completely by surprise in something they said or did on a particular occasion.
There is one wonderful Columban priest buried in Medina, Father William Adams, who worked in Mindanao from 1947 until his death in 1991.
May God continue to bless all your family.
father adams..
thanks father sean..
I always thought that you knew father adams for he was also a columban priest. You know what father sean, Father adams was buried at the center of our cemetery in Medina. Though, I'm just too young when he died, I know he loves the people of Medina for he chose to be buried there instead of his own country. They said that father adams really want to be buried there as he always say to them. Madami pong nag.claim about sa body ni father adams pero sa medina pa rin siya nilibing. We, the people of Medina are very and always be thankful for having father adams.
hmmm.. I don't know po kung meron pa rin png columban priest sa Medina, sana meron pa..
-jesh panget
God bless us always..
take care..
beautiful sharing
hello jesh pretty! thank you your sharing. it reminded me of my own special moments with my father. i had very very few, and yes, they had the same effect on me. as a mother of a 4-year-old boy, your sharing has encouraged me also. it is my prayer that as he grows, i will not fail to make sure i spend an exclusive moment with him regularly.
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