My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give
another person, he believed in me.
I may not be the prettiest, smartest or the talented
daughter in the world but my father makes me feel that I am. I am not even good
in expressing what my true feelings are but there are a lot of things that I
wanted to write. There was a time when I
celebrated my birthday away from him because of his work. He called me to greet me and to ask me what
birthday present I want to receive from him. Of course I didn’t say anything
but to be honest all I really want is for him to come home. (He works away from
us most of the time before.) There was a time when I got a special award in
school but his working in a far place at that time, so he called me to
congratulate me and to let me know how proud he was of me. And not long ago I’ve
been into the most difficult situation when I was told by my professor that I
failed one of the major subjects in my course. A lot of thoughts came into my
mind like “What am I going to do now?”, “How am I going to tell my parents
about this?”, “My father is going to be mad at me” and etc. So I called my mom
first to tell her about it. Mom and I decided to tell my father about it right
away so I called him I hesitated to tell him because I know he’s going to be
mad at me so I told him while I was crying. And to my surprised instead of
getting mad at me he told me a lot of encouragement words that it’s alright, that
I can do better next time, that failing is also a part of life and he’s there to
support me no matter what. That was the time when I appreciate my father the
most. All the words he said really
helped me a lot.
Dear Papa,
First of all, I'm sorry if I don't always treat you with the respect that a dad should have. I know I have a lot of negative sides in my personality.
But I want to thank you for always understanding me. Thank you for always being there for me. For not leaving me especially during the most crucial time of my life when I almost died because of a serious operation years ago. I am very grateful for all the opportunities you have given me over the years. Again, I am not a perfect daughter, but I am going to try the best I could do to return all the sacrifices you have given just to give us a better living. I can’t say this as often as I want but I really want to tell you how thankful I am for having you as my father. Sorry for all the wrong things I’ve done to you. And thank you for everything you’ve done to me.
I love you Papa. ♥