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Edited on Thu Jul-20-06 10:54 PM by SmileyBoy
I'm happy for him today, but I sometimes have been getting a little bit concerned about how much longer he is for this world. I really don't want to think about those things, but today I realized that he's a senior citizen now, and he has reached an important age milestone in life. Or at least, a lot later than a man usually has kids. I'm only 23 years old, and my younger brother is 17, and as you can tell, we were born pretty late in his life. I just don't want to get a call in the near future from my mom saying that dad died. I try not to talk about this kind of thing with my dad himself, because I know that would just make both him and I depressed. He and I have a very adult relationship now, and I find that this kind of relationship is much healthier than the father/child relationship we used to have. At least I can hold my hat onto that.
But I'm not supposed to be worrying about my father daying in the near future at the age of 23. I mean, I should really be at least in my early-30's with a 65 year-old father. It just seems to me that I'm still to young to have to be dealing with that prospect.
Anyway - Happy birthday, Dad. Barring any accidents, Inshallah, you'll live many more years.
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