A Father's Love

Over the past 2 weeks before my big day (departing to US), I come to realize just how much is in a father's love. My dad will be turning 69yrs old come 3Nov. He has worked hard to provide for us all his life, have gone through so much in his life, it is really amazing to see how he continues to choose to believe there is hope for the better in everything.

Till recently, he has never operated a computer, doesn't own a mobile phone, doesn't believe much in today's tech which we all rely on so much. But because of me, he learnt to use SKYPE. I know SKYPE is not difficult to use, but learning SKYPE for him, includes learning how to use a computer. As I was passing my parents my laptop, he had to learnt to set it up (the video cam etc) , log in etc.

It was a very very touching experience for me. As I was going through with him, he was taking notes, asking questions, and his eyesight isn't very great, but he managed. He practised and practised, not just on the computer when I was there. Because a week when I returned, I could see he had actually reviewed his notes, improved it, internalized them, coz he could then after a week of not trying out, completely did it on his own from setting up the laptop to shutting down without referring back to his notes. This is a 69 year old man learning. And if we could sometimes complain about not learning as quickly now that we are older, then what my father is able to do must be amplified many times over.

And such is my father's love for me. To do something which he otherwise would not have done, but because of his love for me, did so anyway. How much more is our Father in Heaven's love for us.

Here is my dad on his 68th birthday. Look at his hair, all his, no dye involved.