A letter, to his daughter, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
We have, a lot to be thankful for this year. Since you were born, because you were a preemie, compared to the other children, don’t know how much more trials of your life you’d already, endured. Since you were born, there were, tubes, going in and out of your body, you’d lived, in an incubator for a long time, both your legs became black. Then, following that, you’d, successfully, weathered through ALL your trials. The second day after you were born, the doctors told us, that if your heart valves don’t close on their own for one more day, then, you would need to, go under the knife then, but gladly, your heart valves closed on their own by noon the following day, you’d, escaped the grills of having an open-heart surgery. Then, we were told, to observe you closely to see if there were, damages to your respiratory, digestive systems, along with your sight and hearing too, and, as you grew older by the day slowly, we’d found, that the aftermath of your premature birth was in how steady you’d walked along, and your postures too, and you’d, needed long-term physical rehab to get better.
photo from online…
In this process, you’d carried that more than optimistic attitude, although you’d tripped and fallen a lot, but, you’d, NEVER cried once, and just, got back up, and kept going. What made my even more ecstatic was, your temperament didn’t turn shy because of your physical conditions, you’d not, locked yourself up, and, no matter who you interacted with, you’d always, shown the rest of the world, the sunnier, brighter side of you. Whether it be taking up piano lessons, Christmas play, or anything relating to school, you’d, actively, participated. You’d even, signed up for the soccer league alongside your older brother too, and, every week, you’d gone out, to the fields, and play some soccer with the kids in the community, and, lived the goals of making more friends, and not focused on winning or losing your games.
Although I’d not told you personally, but, I’m really glad, of your positive attitude toward life, toward defeat, and, how, you’d, inspired me, to keep going, when I hit a bump in the road in my own lif too.
At the end of last year, the doctors suggested, based off of your health statuses, that by operating on your legs, to help those tendons loosen up would be the best option, and so, two months ago, you’d had the surgeries, and, casts were placed on your legs. Back then, the doctor ordered and reminded us, to NEVER allow your legs to get wet, and so, we’d gone out to buy the waterproof shoes, and, worried if those shoes can really, keep you dry when it’d rained. And, God’s kindness came, it’d not rained, for six weeks on end, and, right after you had your casts off, it’d started raining, your mom and I almost cried.
from online…
Other than God, you mustn’t forget the teachers and classmates who’d helped you out during these days. The few short days after your surgery, you’d needed to be helped to go to the restrooms, and later on, everybody in your class had taken turns, helping you as we’d dropped you off to school, and during the day, until school’s out until the end of the semester. You must’ve forget, this sort of compassion from the rest of your classmates, and that whenever you’re able to, help someone out wholeheartedly, just like people are helping you now.
Naturally, in your coming of age, NOT everybody is going to be this nice, you will surely, meet those who mock and make fun of, and hurt you. This won’t be easy, but, you must, try your best, to IGNORE them, and work hard, to live your life happily. Their immaturities or negative personality traits, they will surely, pay for later on in life. The trials of the past, had made you grow so much, we must be grateful; we must also, show gratitude, toward how successful your operations had been. And, the results of the physical rehab in the future lie entirely on you, I hope, you will, persist through the process.
Recently, a couple friends of mind had died abruptly, and it’d, reminded us, just how uncertain life can be. Dad wants to remind you, to live in the present, cherish everybody around you, and cherish each and every day you’re being given. I hope, that in this bran new year, along with the years to come, you will, keep maintaining your optimism, your kindness, your friendly nature, and be a blessing for everybody you meet, become someone, who brings that positive energy to others too.
So, this, is reflecting on his own daughter’s trials of the younger years, and, this man wanted his daughter to understand, JUST how blessed she is, and, in the words written by this man, you can tell, just how deeply the love of a father is, for his own young daughter.