Father’s Week

I believe that everyone has one defining moment in life. If one is lucky, someone has a camera in hand so that moment in time is beautifully captured and will live forever.

I was lucky enough to have a friend to do just that.

Picture: Courtesy of Loc V., who took this picture
without my knowledge (thank you!).

Past week has been a special time for me where I have been showered with love. Isabella, my beautiful daughter, wished me a “happy father’s day” every morning when she woke up, afternoons and evenings. However, there were two moments last week that made me feel like the “King of the World”.

I walked into Isabella’s bedroom last Wednesday to read her a bedtime story, as we have done since she was about a year old. At that very moment, Isabella looked at me and said “I love you”. She followed that with “I really love you”. Stunned, I asked what she meant by that. She said: “Daddy, you are the kindest dad ever; you are gentle and loving; you make everything fun. I love you.” For the first time in my life, I felt what the love of a child can do to his or her father.

Notice the beautiful tie around my neck? It has drawings
of everything that I like.

Next evening, Isabella’s child care centre put together a “picnic” for the students and their fathers (uncles, grandfathers, guardians, and mothers). After having our pictures taken at the park, I was approached by one of Isabella’s teachers. With a smile on her face, the teacher looked at me and said: “You have no idea how much your daughter adores you; she thinks the world of you. There’s not a single day that Isabella doesn’t share a story about you. The whole day all we hear is ‘my dad does this and my dad does that’”. For the second time in as many days I was speechless. I really didn’t know how much Isabella loved me until now.

I hope that everyone can experience the same type of love at some point in his or her life; I may have discovered the meaning of life: It’s Love!

To my lovely wife, thank you for giving me your love and two beautiful children!
Love you "All My Life"!

Thank you for reading,

Armin

PS. I wish you all a very happy father’s day for the rest of your lives as a Son, a Father, a Grandfather, or a Guardian! And a very special “happy father’s day” to those mothers that have to play the role of both parents.



This was my wonderful gift bag from Isabella. In addition, I received 2
Father's Day cards per day from Isabella.