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Me,a Daddy’s girl?
The month of June is here again and I look back to two years ago, when we could not celebrate Mother’s Day as usual and even the Father’s Day in June was met with mixed reactions. Although there were changes in the Lockdown rules, people could not really visit their father’s without thinking about putting them at risk. I am happy that we have the pandemic behind us now and hopefully visits to our Fathers in this month of June will be back to normal. But normal for me means I would not be paying my father a visit although let me admit, that the thought crossed my mind. I…
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Beyond Yesterday
Hi, my name is Carl. And I’m a Dad. You probably already know this, but being a parent instantly transforms you. And no, I’m not talking about my dad bod (please stop staring). I mean it immediately changes your cosmic DNA. You go from being a calm, living, breathing human into a panicked human who is officially responsible for creating a new life—or multiple new lives if God’s in a fun mood and decides that he prefers you feeding twins, triplets or quintuplets. I still remember the first day I found out I was going to be a father. My wife called excitedly from her office to tell me the…
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Me and My Dad
I stopped by at my parents’ home a few weeks ago and met my family having some chill time in the living room. Daddy was having dinner, and just because I turned up, he passed his almost finished dinner to me and said “here, I know you like this.” I thought he just left me some soup, or was indirectly giving me his plate to wash, but a closer inspection revealed he had indeed left me a big piece of meat – snail to be exact – which I happen to really like. It was a good day to visit home! My Dad and I have a simple relationship. Nothing…
