Monday 3 December 2012

Re: ***keep_mailing*** Story: Dad & Me

very very very nice story...

On 5/28/12, saravan pillai <saravan114@gmail.com> wrote:
> its really suberb.... heart touching
> Saravan
> 93827-49845
> Chennai
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Junaid Tahir
> <mjunaidtahir@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> My dad only had one eye. I hated him... He was such an embarrassment. .
>> He cooked for students & teachers to support the family. There was this
>> one
>> day during elementary school where my dad came to Say hello to me. I was
>> so
>> embarrassed. How could he do this to me? I ignored him, threw him a
>> hateful
>> look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said,
>> "EEEE,
>> your dad only Has one eye!" I wanted to bury myself I also wanted my dad
>> to
>> just disappear.. I confronted him that day and said, " If you're only
>> gonna
>> make me a Laughing stock, why don't you just die?"
>>
>> My dad did not respond.... I didn't even stop to think for a second about
>> what I had said, because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to his
>> feelings. I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with him. So
>> I
>> studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.
>>
>> Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I
>> was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts, Then one day, my father
>> came to visit me. He hadn't seen me in years and he didn't even meet his
>> Grandchildren. When he stood by the door, my children laughed at him, and
>> I
>> yelled at Him for coming over uninvited. I screamed at him, "How dare you
>> come to my house and scare my Children!" GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!" And to
>> this, my father quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have Gotten
>> the
>> wrong address," And he disappeared out of sight.
>>
>> One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house.. So I lied
>> to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went
>> to the old shack just out of curiosity. My neighbors said that he died. I
>> did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that he had wanted me
>> to have.
>>
>> "My dearest son,
>>
>> I think of you all the time. I'm sorry that I came to your house and
>> Scared your children. I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the
>> reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I'm
>> sorry
>> that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were Growing up. You
>> see........when you were very little, you got into an accident, and Lost
>> your eye. As a father, I couldn't stand watching you Having to grow up
>> with
>> one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son who was seeing a
>> whole new world for me, in my Place, with that eye.
>>
>> With all my love to you, Your father.
>>
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