Super Dad

 Many have said that I look exactly like daddy, and I take pride when they say that I am his junior version.Don't get me wrong, of course I'm also proud when they say I look like mommy. ;) But really, dad and I ? We're like pinagbiyak na pwet ika nga ng marami. Cut my hair super short , stuff my tummy so it can be Santa Claus-ish like his and draw a mustache above my lips.. Voila, I can be mistaken as Noel Demagajes Demayo. :)  I do a lot of things with him, when he goes up to fix the holes on the roof, I go up with him. When he does the plumbing at home and asks me to buy PVC pipe in the hardware store, I don't ask the guys to deliver it to our doorstep, I carry it home with pride and joy. I wanted to be like my dad although he is a "Jack of all traits, master of none" type of person. He can fix the ref, fix the car, build a house, lay tiles on the floor,  fix the the roof, fix electric cables and phone wires, he can sew the holes in my clothes heck he can even sew and make an entire panel of curtain, he can draw an entire contsruction plan with all the exact dimensions, he can do the laundry, he can cook good food, he can iron our clothes (that's his specialty by the way), he can make the bathroom tiles sparkling white and the walls of the house gnarly clean, he can speak from his heart  ( he's a good speaker by the way), he can capture beautiful photos, he can play any sport pretty darn well, he can sing and play the guitar, he can also play a little bit of the keyboard and he plays it by ear, he can't dance.. he can think and act  as a medical practitioner but he can be a farmer/gardener too, give him a parcel of land and you'll see him cultivate and grow plants and trees like he's just playing farmville.

There are a lot of things in the list that my daddy can do. But the thing I love the most, is him being our daddy.  He nursed our every wound..when our hearts get broken, he prayed with us so the Lord would take all that pain away. He taught us the value of everything big or small. He taught us that money can't buy everything and that it should never be the measure of man's happiness. He always say that: "ang pinakamahalagang bagay na maipapamana ko sa inyo bukod kay Hesus ay ang mga diploma na hawak nyo". He believes in the power of education so with that being said, I have received a thousand pitik and pingot from him when I was young with everytime the he reviews me for my math exams. Yes,  he stays up all night to review us for our exams up until High School. That is why I experience separation anxiety the entire 1st sem of freshman college when they sent me home. He wakes up early in the morning to fix us breakfast and he prepares our lunch for school. He have seen, supported and coached my every game in any sport...he even taught me cool techniques in boxing.  We watch Manny Pacquio together and even calls me overseas just so we could talk about Pacman @_@. I am his best athlete, they called me up last week and I told him about my 10k run result and he said "wow,ang bilis! Marathoner ka na din ngayon anak?"  He gives me and ate good massages with every muscle ache or when we're stressed with just about anything. Familiar of "haplos ng pagmamahal"?  He's hands have the power to make me and ate well everytime we're sick. Everything I know in the kitchen, I got it from him...everything I know about politics, economy, science, environment, love, showbiz etc. I learned it from him. Everything I know about computers...I didn't get it from him. If I am not a techie person, well, daddy is my worste version, but he tries hard to learn about it, but sometimes there are just people who are not techie inclined. Time is all a kid would ever want from a daddy and time is what he has given to us. When he comes home from night duty every Friday morning, he lies down in bed between ate and me to make up for the time lost. And he does that everytime he's home for vacation up until now that I am 25 and ate is 28. When it comes to disciplining us, daddy is the man! According to Proverbs 13:24 "He who spares his rod hates his son,  But he who loves him disciplines him promptly." and he did exactly as the Lord have commanded because he loves us.  I have broken his heart a million times and I've given shame in his name but he never failed to forgive me..he forgave me a thousand folds even when I did't deserve it...his love never falters. When I was young, he treated me like a child, but when I grew up, he talks to me with all wisdom and I appreciate that. I appreciate that he can trust my every decision . And of all the things that I've learned from daddy, loving Jesus and believing in Him is the best one he shared to us. Yup, daddy introduced me to Jesus from day 1 and that is the ultimate thing that I am very much proud of.

 "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." --Ps 127: 3...My father is the good steward of the Lord for whom my life has been entrusted upon, I on the other hand, is my father's treasure and I thank God with every single moment of my life that He gave me daddy for a father and at the same time, He entrusted my life to daddy. I am proud for carrying his name. And if I get married, i will still carry his name..I will be Katherine Demayo-Lasmarias... or what have you ! And btw, I wanted my future husband to be just like daddy (except for his heart condition of course) :)) See the hole in my heart dad? That hole says daddy I miss you...and I love you big big big big big time..Happy father's day to you and to all the dads and yet to become one out there..kampay para sa mga haligi ng tahanan :)