Happy Fathers Day is on June 17th, 2012
Share a story of your dad.
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I remember my mother used to work shifts and usually was at work when it was time for us kids to get ready for school. I loved it when my dad used to make my hair into pigtails and curl each one with his fingers. :)
These days, he would call me once in a while and leaves a message on my voicemail telling me how much he misses and loves me.
When I was newly married, it the morning of my SIL's birthday and we were all sitting at the kitchen table. FIL comes from downstairs, towards me and asks me how I'm doing and if I had anything to eat - completely oblivious that my SIL was sitting there and that it was her birthday. LOL. We all had a good chuckle about that afterwards.
I love and miss the little memories and I pray Allah SWT protects our parents in the Duniya and reunites us with our parents in the Akhira. Ameen.
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My dad is my rock.
He is the ultimate example for me of a self made man.His mother passed away when he was 3 weeks old.He was raised by relatives for a few years before my daada abu remarried.Although my step daadi ammi was a great woman and mom to him,he was still treated by others in a way that made him feel isolated from his step siblings(they all are good people) and realize he was their step brother & step son.He very well remembers the words of wisdom his daada abu once told him and he owes it all to him and his daadi.There used to be an orphan kid in the mohalla he used to live,did not go to school,always messy and most of the times hungry and crying.My abu’s daada told him that he should do anything and everything to educate himself and not become anything like the kid on the streets who no one cares about.
My daada (my father’s father),not a good father,was good enough to support abu’s education all the way through med school,despite the fact no one in their house was ever interested in education (more business minded and business oriented people)
After graduation abu served in the army for 2 years and then decided to come to the USA.
Landed in the USA.A friend was supposed to pick him up but that friend vanished the same day.Had pretty much nowhere to go.Some Pakistani people helped him and let him stay with them for a while.Within weeks he ran out of all money and had decided to go back to Pakistan when he met an aunty who gave him a pep talk 
(My father is like her younger brother even now,after 4 decades).
He eventually stayed in the USA.Got into a residency program,completed his fellowship..moved back to Pakistan after about 12-13 years.
I am uber proud to say he is renowned pediatrician in Pakistan.
He has been the perfect family man and has raised his daughters like anything.I cannot imagine my life without him.I Owe whatever I am to him.HE has pulled me through the worst of times and always been there for me.
I pray Allah swt blesses him with health,happiness and a long life to cherish his kids and grandkids.Ameen.
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No Story here; but I love what technology does to my dad. He starts every email and txt with “to my beloved daughter” or "hello beloved daughter:
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There are toooo many.
Being the youngest daughter, I have always been the center of attention for my father. I remember once I saw a huge cockroach in my wash room hence i was afraid of going into the washroom, my mother got annoyed as she was busy, I wanted her to go with me obviously I was not making any sense. My father came with me and stood outside of the washroom and raised his arm from the side of the opened door just to make me feel that am not alone. I was constantly watching his arm and that way I wasn't feeling all alone.
Now am grown up but still he takes care of me like a child. He tries his best to make me feel that I am not single parent of my child, he stands beside me at every hard time. At parties, he comes and takes my daughter from me and says that I can have my meal properly then I can take her back from him. My daughter loves him and he loves her more than anything. He gets quite sensitive whenever it comes to my daughter's upbringing issue.
In short, today whatever I am it's because of my loving Father, indeed his love brings wealth to living. He plays the role of my mentor, protector and provider, May Allah bless him Ameen
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I love my Dad’s responses to my longwinded, descriptive, detailed emails on just about everything: “Ok” Of course its not that he disregards them, and of course this isn’t how he always responds, but his serenity to my insanity always makes me feel very reassured.
He is the bestest dad in the whole wide world. Just cuz he puts up with me with patience is a testament to that!
May Allah bless both of my parents. Ameen!!!
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salam to all the fathers who did a fabulous job of raising their kids. hats off to you! 
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i lost my dad at an early age of 15 and my mum when i was 9. it was my Bhabhi and my sisters who raised me.
he was a great dad. i remember him spending a lot of time with us and teaching us religion and poetry. he is the one who imparted enuf deeni knowledge to save us from straying away from the deen and saving us from indulging in bid’aat…that was his major contribution in my life and in the lives of all my siblings. thank you Dad! 
since we lived in a village, we didn’t have luxuries of life. i vividly one fun-filled day with him when he took me to a restaurant in Allahabad and he asked me to order for myself and for him…whatever i liked! i remember ordering Nargisi Kofta, qorma, daal makkhani, aaloo kii bhujiyaa, heart-shaped naan, sheermaal and ice cream with wafers…i still feel that taste even today…that was my first and last eating out in a restaurant in a city! i was 15 years old at that time and i think about 5-6 months later he passed away 
May Allah bless his soul and forgive his sins and grant him Jannat…aameen
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mm i think mostly i appreciate him encouraging and patiently answering all my "why does blahblah happen" questions in my childhood.
couple of -___- moments i remember:
one day after i'm done with grade 12, dad has no more excuses left to not let me learn to ride his motorcycle. so finally he lets me. we go to a fat stretch of road where there is never anyone to be seen. he tells me what to do and i go do one slow loop. very happy. and then second loop faster. i'm almost done with third loop, and there is this super slow bicycle in one corner of the street. suddenly the motorcycle handle decides it wants to aim for the cyclist. i try my best to stop, but my awesome bike skills seem powerless in front of destiny. i go slam into the poor cyclist, but manage to brake enough so that the bike skids and looks almost like a movie stunt. my dad who is 10 feet away turns and walks away as if he's a stranger.
after a few weeks, i get to be admitted into uni. its a place thats a day away by train. at uni we see a lot of guys smoking. my dad smokes like 2 packs a day. next day he leaves for home. but before that he gives me advice - so i smoke, but that doesn't mean you smoke too. this is my money.
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I was fed alotta cake.
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Awww there r is so much to write
Anyhow, I remember when I was small, I used to comb my father’s hair applying clips n bands n Ponys whatever I liked, mum used to get annoyed but father was like its ok, let her do wht she like
On my rukhsati my father cried like a little baby tears rolling down his eyes can’t forget tht
N yes one compliment I always get is tht my father is very handsome n graceful, whenever my friends used to meet him, they say yar ur father is so handsome, n I m like yes I know 
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did your grandparents help him get married ?
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I am my father’s story 
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thats very deep, monk pai. 
(unless its a typo and you meant to say something else).
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did your grandparents help him get married ?
Why do you ask?
To answer your question,yes.
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Why do you ask? To answer your question,yes.
I know the dynamics of a broken family. Thats why I asked.
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My Papa was one in a million....
He used to do Eid Ul Adha ki qurbani in our backyard....mind you, this is late '70's early '80's suburban Dallas,Tx we're talking about. There's nothing like coming home from school to find bakras hanging upside down from the tree with a steady stream of blood flowing into the alley past all your gora neighbors houses....and then hearing the doorbell ring with to find that the city code officials are there to explain to your dad that animal sacrifice is **not **allowed in urban neighborhoods...all while Papa is standing there in his banyan (wife beater) and nekkar (blood stained of course) with a cleaver in his hand....
Priceless, I tell you!
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I know the dynamics of a broken family. Thats why I asked.
Infact he got married to his step mom's niece.(My step daadi ammi and naani ammi are sisters).
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Infact he got married to his step mom's niece.(My step daadi ammi and naani ammi are sisters).
Well, if that is the case you can skip "step" and call her dadi :)
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Well, if that is the case you can skip "step" and call her dadi :)
We had always skipped that part with her when she was alive and have always skipped it with our chachas & phuppoo.
It was just when I was typing it out,to make it clear,and avoid any confusion of relationships when talking about having two daadi ammis..!
:)