for the no.1 man in my life

Great things only my dad can do for me:

1. the way he’d teach me math which often leads me to crying until the wee hours of the night;

2. those times when as a child he’d carry all my school stuff and still let me sleep over his shoulders while sitting on his lap during our ride to school;

3. the way he’d take care of me whenever my ulcer attacks despite mom’s nagging on the side on how I’ve abused my health;

4. those times he’d wait up for me or stay up late whenever I’d go home super late or sleepover somewhere;

5. the way he makes me feel so much like him in so many ways, how we have that unique style in showing our real emotions and drink down our sorrows, and especially enjoy and endouver things bad for our health like sweets, peanuts and alcohol;

6. that 2007 valentine’s day when he surprised me with a new bed;

7. my birthday mornings waking up with him blowing me butterfly hugs and kisses in bed;

8. the way we’d mess up together with my brothers mom’s bed happily to make mom angry;

9. the way he calls me erica dalapotpot and kisses me gently on my forehead as he welcomes me home every day;

10. the way he’d overwork himself to support and protect our family despite his brother’s angst;

11. the way he’d dance funny all over the house to irritate my mom;

12. the way he intelligently give his views and opinions over current events while we watch the news on television;

13. the way we’d eat bread or dessert and talk endlessly after every meal complaining together over mom’s cooking we truly enjoyed heartily;

14. the way he’d ask me with puppy dog eyes to sneak up peanuts for him whenever mom is not looking;

15. the way he’d fall in line next to me in asking mom to clean up our ears and cut our toe nails;

16. the way he’d make me feel guilty whenever I treat mom wrongly and decide over my life’s concerns impulsively;

17. the way he’d scare away my suitors together with my brothers;

18. the way he’d be my savior whenever my brothers are pestering me;

19. the way he’d treat me as his only treasure and princess next to the queen who’s my mom; and

20. the thought that he’d forever be the no.1 man in my life to whom the stature of my future husband will have to live up to.

this list is not really enough but it sure spells out the feelings of a daddy’s girl looking up to the best father in the whole world.

happy father’s day, papa! i love you.