As you all know, my father passed away recently. Over the past 2 weeks I logged into his email and send the sad news on to his “mailing list”…
Although I KNEW what a great man my dad was and how dedicated to family and country he was, what a great flight-test engineer for the navy etc etc, I did NOT expect the response that I got to the news.
My dad was such a hero, not only to me but to many people. People who hold high positions within the navy, people he grew up with.\
It strikes me as a bit sad. esp seeing some of the posts here, esp those complaining about parents.
Cherish each and every moment you have with them while they are here.
"Great people may die, but legends live on".. yes everyone should enjoy and serve their parents as much as they can every moment we coexist.. i m a teenager now and i feel so sorry for whenever i get angry on them after listening to your thread >> a rather simple one but sounds really hearfelt.. i appreciate your loyalty
you're right....we should love and care for our parents as much as we can.....the amount of sacrifices they have done for us.....yet if they were to list everything they've done for us....it would be endless list
I can understand your feeling my brother. May allah give your fathere placein Jannah among his loved ones.
On the day of Qeyamat may allah unite you with you father in jannah.
I saw this movie "click" yesterday...even though it was a funny movie but it has a very important lesson to it...Watching it made me cry ...The lesson "Family comes first"...always waiting for somethng better...living our lives on "auto pilot"its quite saddening that most of the time we take things for granted...We as a family r going through a tough time after my Dad's bypass, he has become really sensitive, which I totally understand, and my brother has become totally numb to family....Just something that breaks down a family...:(
The best gift my dad ever gave me was just that lesson. I was so very wrapped up in my so-busy life, my career on wall st. then I ran into trouble at work, it was a really nasty situation with the possibility of a lawsuit, someone getting fired etc. I was so wrapped up in the whole thing that I was thinking my life was over. My dad told me, silly girl. Its just a job, you will always be able to earn your own living and these people just dont matter. The important thing is that you have family that loves you very much, thru thick and thin. No matter what you ever do, no matter what ever goes wrong, there is no one on the planet who can take that away from you and no one on the planet can change that one simple fact. All of a sudden, my problems were almost trivial.
^^ Isnt that the best thing in the whole world...Your family being there for you. I have had times too where I dint want to share the stressful stuff with my parents but finally when theydid find out I remember my Abu's words that eventhough you wont tell us, we already know from our feelings, I cannot let you live a life like that...I cant let you live a life of tears"..and this is coming from a dad that never used t talk about his feelings for us...Just those word make me want to live a better life, makes me want to love my kids to the fullest.
I really dont like to lean on you people or cry in my soup here. But my GOODness, I miss my dad. Its so very hard, knowing that I cant call him and talk to him now. I have to stop myself when I call my Mom from asking "hows Dad today?". Its just the strangest thing that he isnt here, I always thought he would be, never even imagined life without him. I expect him to walk in the door, give me a call, see him out and about. The pain of knowing that its not going to happen just comes like a freight train. I just have to keep reminding myself how lucky I was to have had a father like him and to have had him for so long, I mean its not like I'm a little kid. But what a hard thing it is to lose your father.
I understand that very well!!..I lost my nana(we called him barhe abu)…but its just the nature of things…every nite when I used to say AyatulKursi I have a habit of saying it on everybody’s names…I still havent been able to get his name off from the list of people..after nani its always like bharhe abu too…but after so many years I finally realize it at times:teary1: …
I can never fathom how hard it must be for you.