Happy Father's Day (late post)

This was shared by a good friend Noor... thought i should share it here with others as well. Although it's a very late post... worth reading... and so touching...

Dads,Abbas,Babas,Papas,Fathers.......

For a girlchild her first ever MAN is her Father but obviously.......a person who does everything....from shout at the child to cry for the child....

As in my case i compare everything and everyone to my Abba.I was always my Abba's Little Fairy the apple of his eye....and why not....i was what he wanted....he had prayed to god so much for me....he wanted a girl child so tht he cud name her after his mother,a Princess,who passed away whn he jst a 2 yr old baby......he did name me after his mother....Noor El Nisa and wud call me Meena or Maa at times,he saw his mother in me(Supposedly his mum ,my dadi,was a replica of Meena Kumari it seems and another reason being in the old movie called Admi...Meena is the doll the hero doesnt want to separate from,the love of his life....he kills his best frnd who tries to take the doll called meena from him),whn i was a kid i used to understand it automatically if he felt sad or was upset and i used to wonder how and why,may be sumwhr my dadi did exist,sumwhr in me......i used to have dinner only with him and wud make eat from my little hands...and he wud make me eat rice with his own hands coz my hands got cold,hehe silly reason...hey kids wht can we say!!

At times he was so over possesive and protective of me tht i used to get frustrated and cry in my room many a times....till my eyes wudnt open virtually open.....i used to wonder why on earth does Abba love me soooooooooooo much,why cant he be normal like other dads.....jst normal.....later on as i grew up i realized there was no one like him,he was my best frnd,my abba and my best advisor....and the best father....i wud think of sumthng and tht thing wud b in the house before i cud blink my eye lash.......he was strict.disicplined,bad tempered at times,whc i used to hate initially but then i also realized tht he was rite it helped me shape to be what im today,i was a shouted at alot for Mistakes...sumtimes i didnt even do those mistakes....but now looking back i dnt have any qualms against him....he did all tht to help us becoming better human beings and live a disciplined and a good life,so we are.

In 1999 vacationing in India,suddenly i got ths hitch and went and gave him a big hug saying tht i loved him,wch i really meant...tht wud probably be the last he passed away all of a sudden on the 19 June whc ironically was Father's Day.

Leaving behind Me a girl who didnt knw anythng more than the love tht she got from him....thn i understood why i was the most loved and spoilt kid in town or in the universe probably it was because my dad knew he had less time on his hands - he gave us so much love tht we can keep it and give to our kids one day.

I hope u kids out there learn the value of ur Abba b4 anythng goes wrong.....

Tell him "I love U" and make it a point not to disappoint him.

I stll cherish tht god gifted me to hug and tell my dad i loved him before he left.....

Sorry to make ths a long story but just thought of sharing it on Father's Day!!

~* Happy Father's Day *~

Listn and Learn,

Love,
Noor