Father's Day Celebration 2012

My father proudly accompanied me on my grad day

The whole world is celebrating Father's Day today! Its June 17, 2012, 2nd Sunday of the Month. And i guess, some really have great time celebrating the day with the most respectable and hard working member of the family --the father.

Me and my brother had celebrated this day awhile ago in a dinner treat for our father along with mother and a nephew at Mokojo Bistro and Restaurant located in National Highway, Kabacan, North Cotabato. It was a cozy night for us. There onstage was an acoustic singer serenaded the crowd and strummed his guitar to some of the famous acoustic songs. Some of the diners i guess enjoyed their sumptuous food and while some others were busy talking and laughing and sand along with the singer. We were not VIP customers nor have known the owner very well. Our feet just led us to this place and we thought that our dad really did had a great dinner with us. 

It was just a simple way to show our father how grateful we are for having him in our lives. It was a way of saying thank you for the years he has been with us and never abandon us. He has been married to my mom for 33 years now, and i think reaching this number of years in marriage is quite a splendid achievement. Its one of the measurements how patient my dad has been for my mom's tantrums and moods for all this years. For those years he has been dedicated and loyal to his marriage vow, had worked hard for us to give us a good education and satisfied our whims and caprices. For all those years, he has been striving to be a good husband, generous provider and morally upright father.

Being a father is a source of pride and honor for a man. But nothing compares to the honor and happiness one can feel when a father sees his children successful, morally and spiritually stable and know how to respect and love him back. And i am pretty sure, my father felt that way too. I may say he is proud of us because he knows that he was able to instill in us the things, the values, and lessons every child should know from his/her father.

Kudos to all the father! cheers! Being a father is a tough job! But it is one of the noblest job in this whole wide world. I just hope, all the fathers should realize too that being a PROVIDER does not only mean giving a child what he/she needs and wants materially but rather satisfying the child with love, care and compassion to make a child a better person. A child who is well-loved and nourished mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically is a treasure of the society because he/she will become an ASSET rather than a LIABILITY to the community the child belongs.

Again, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!