The Greatest Gift Of All - Unconditional Love
Dear Ewan,
welcoming daddy home, we worked together last night to put this message on the floor in the living room. You insisted Faye didn't touch or help you with the spelling of "Da Da" because this was YOURS to make. She gave the heart eyes and a smile, did the letter U and we all couldn't wait for daddy to come home!
Mommy came up with this idea! I want some credit here too *haha* I plucked out the petals and leaves from our RosesOnly bouquet which lasted us 14 days before it started to wither. Throwing it away seemed such a waste. So why not put out a message board for daddy!?
You children believed they had put together a perfect surprise to welcome daddy home but you didn't know mommy planned a Double Surprise! Because this wait had been long anticipated [Faye included, who was secretly counting the days down], I've included a plan to surprise you both too! Daddy touched down when you were in school. When I bring you and Faye back, you will be in for a big surprise. The door will open wide into your father!
I wonder if you will forget the tub of ice-cream you bought him as homecoming gift. Looks like you didn't! You've been waiting for him to come back to savour it with him.
You cried the hardest on the last night before daddy's return. You knew dada's coming home tomorrow and yet, instead of feeling happy, the pang of sadness hit you doubly hard. You missed him more than ever; wishing tomorrow will come sooner. Your love for dad is unimaginably deep. We are learning so very much from you. Some adults grow up and out of their innocence, feeling lost and sometimes question themselves "What Love Is". But you are very clear about it. You love with all your heart. You rank dada as number one as you've tenderly and tactfully shared, "I love you too mommy. I really do. I need you and I miss you when you are not around too. But daddy is first place, you rank second okay?"
*haha* Okay son. I don't mind it at all. My heart is full knowing your number one is no one else but your father. Every son needs that. But it hurts a little when you blurted out in between your sobs last night that daddy didn't seem to love you! Two things you said, "Daddy doesn't comfort me when I cry and he doesn't say I Love You."
I think that's because I took up that role more than daddy. I am always more eager to give you that hug you needed when you were sad and my I Love Yous are given out more freely too. Before daddy could even reach you, I would already have. I promise to stand back next time. Remember? On the night daddy left for Italy, he comforted you in your bedroom as you cried into your pillow and he told you how much he loved you? You remembered when I reminded you and you cried even harder. Maybe missing daddy even more or feeling like you've wronged him. Whatever the case, I looked at you and saw how you've given us unconditional love.
It was hard for you this past week without daddy home. You cried every night. You would even burst into tears when we were talking about some random stuff! I was like, "Huh? What happened Ewan!?" and you would cry, "I suddenly miss daddy!"
We walked past a public payphone and you stopped dead in your tracks. You picked the receiver up “Let’s call Pa Pa.” I laughed at you and you laughed back. You are quite a joker but after that, you said you really wished you could speak to him. At that time, daddy was still on route to Milan in the aeroplane. He couldn't and wouldn't be able to pick our call from that payphone.
I decided to bring you and Faye to the movies that very first day daddy flew off. Just to ease the sadness a little and to make the school holidays more exciting.
Mom: Let's go for a movie today!
You: Yay! mmmmm but.... but we have to wait for papa. I want him to enjoy the show with us too.
Awwwww Ewan. That was so so sweet. I convinced you that daddy would have wanted you to be happy and go watch Abominable with Mei Mei and I. That he would also be watching not one but two movies on the aeroplane to Italy!
Abominable was awesome! You were laughing your heart out at the cinema! You rode the waves with Everest, Yi, Jin and Peng [characters of the show] when they went on the roller coaster ride. You immersed yourself so much into the show, you went "Weeeeeeee! I want to go on the ride with them!" at the top of your lungs. You laughed so heartily that patrons were all turning around to look at you not with disgust but with amusement by your enthusiasm! You are so contagious. Because you are always so in touch with your feelings, I was afraid you might burst into tears because Yi's father passed away in the movie. I was worried you might feel strangely attached and missed your dad even more. Well, you didn't cry during the movie. Instead, I teared when Everest was reunited with his parents. It was very touching and I am emotional like you.
You probably don't remember this [and that's why I am writing it], you told me you felt like crying at the credit roll. I shared with you that I already did at the reunion scene. You burst into tears, "It's not about that. I wish daddy was here to watch with us!" You had such a good time, you felt heartbroken that he couldn't share this moment with you.
You came around the table at dinner that evening and gave me a hug. "MPP. Do you know what's that?" Ewan. I know what that is because I know you. You came up with an abbreviation because you couldn't say it out. MPP. Miss Pa Pa. Then you added, "We are eating McDonald's without daddy now. I want daddy to enjoy a meal too. Can you dabao [hokkien for pack] for daddy too?"
It was only Day One of Seven Days daddy's going to be away son! How to dabao?!
The messages you wrote to daddy warmed my heart.
We all know you cannot take a FaceTime call. You will end up feeling more miserable after we put the call down. But when daddy asked if you'd like to FaceTime, you said "YES!" You cried so hard after that first night that we decided to not let you two hear each other's voices for the rest of the trip.
No more FaceTime!
We miss daddy too but I guess we don't miss him as much as you did. So much that you wanted to cry in school [even when you are having so much fun with your friends and kept busy with schoolwork during lessons] when you suddenly thought about him.
You are a good boy Ewan. I don't think we say that enough to you. We are always reprimanding you for this and for that. And when we praise you for being good, you almost never want to take credit for it. "I am not good. You have to go through so much pain to give birth to me and I am always causing trouble, always getting scolded." are your usual words. I feel sad to hear you say that but there's also so much maturity from this seven year old you.
This may sound confusing. I've never said this before but I told you this last night which you repeated after me in shock, "You love me that's why you always scold me?" *hahah* Yes son. Yes.
We parents got the greatest gift of all from our children - Unconditional Love.
Love, Mom.
welcoming daddy home, we worked together last night to put this message on the floor in the living room. You insisted Faye didn't touch or help you with the spelling of "Da Da" because this was YOURS to make. She gave the heart eyes and a smile, did the letter U and we all couldn't wait for daddy to come home!
Mommy came up with this idea! I want some credit here too *haha* I plucked out the petals and leaves from our RosesOnly bouquet which lasted us 14 days before it started to wither. Throwing it away seemed such a waste. So why not put out a message board for daddy!?
You children believed they had put together a perfect surprise to welcome daddy home but you didn't know mommy planned a Double Surprise! Because this wait had been long anticipated [Faye included, who was secretly counting the days down], I've included a plan to surprise you both too! Daddy touched down when you were in school. When I bring you and Faye back, you will be in for a big surprise. The door will open wide into your father!
I wonder if you will forget the tub of ice-cream you bought him as homecoming gift. Looks like you didn't! You've been waiting for him to come back to savour it with him.
You cried the hardest on the last night before daddy's return. You knew dada's coming home tomorrow and yet, instead of feeling happy, the pang of sadness hit you doubly hard. You missed him more than ever; wishing tomorrow will come sooner. Your love for dad is unimaginably deep. We are learning so very much from you. Some adults grow up and out of their innocence, feeling lost and sometimes question themselves "What Love Is". But you are very clear about it. You love with all your heart. You rank dada as number one as you've tenderly and tactfully shared, "I love you too mommy. I really do. I need you and I miss you when you are not around too. But daddy is first place, you rank second okay?"
*haha* Okay son. I don't mind it at all. My heart is full knowing your number one is no one else but your father. Every son needs that. But it hurts a little when you blurted out in between your sobs last night that daddy didn't seem to love you! Two things you said, "Daddy doesn't comfort me when I cry and he doesn't say I Love You."
I think that's because I took up that role more than daddy. I am always more eager to give you that hug you needed when you were sad and my I Love Yous are given out more freely too. Before daddy could even reach you, I would already have. I promise to stand back next time. Remember? On the night daddy left for Italy, he comforted you in your bedroom as you cried into your pillow and he told you how much he loved you? You remembered when I reminded you and you cried even harder. Maybe missing daddy even more or feeling like you've wronged him. Whatever the case, I looked at you and saw how you've given us unconditional love.
It was hard for you this past week without daddy home. You cried every night. You would even burst into tears when we were talking about some random stuff! I was like, "Huh? What happened Ewan!?" and you would cry, "I suddenly miss daddy!"
We walked past a public payphone and you stopped dead in your tracks. You picked the receiver up “Let’s call Pa Pa.” I laughed at you and you laughed back. You are quite a joker but after that, you said you really wished you could speak to him. At that time, daddy was still on route to Milan in the aeroplane. He couldn't and wouldn't be able to pick our call from that payphone.
I decided to bring you and Faye to the movies that very first day daddy flew off. Just to ease the sadness a little and to make the school holidays more exciting.
Mom: Let's go for a movie today!
You: Yay! mmmmm but.... but we have to wait for papa. I want him to enjoy the show with us too.
Awwwww Ewan. That was so so sweet. I convinced you that daddy would have wanted you to be happy and go watch Abominable with Mei Mei and I. That he would also be watching not one but two movies on the aeroplane to Italy!
Abominable was awesome! You were laughing your heart out at the cinema! You rode the waves with Everest, Yi, Jin and Peng [characters of the show] when they went on the roller coaster ride. You immersed yourself so much into the show, you went "Weeeeeeee! I want to go on the ride with them!" at the top of your lungs. You laughed so heartily that patrons were all turning around to look at you not with disgust but with amusement by your enthusiasm! You are so contagious. Because you are always so in touch with your feelings, I was afraid you might burst into tears because Yi's father passed away in the movie. I was worried you might feel strangely attached and missed your dad even more. Well, you didn't cry during the movie. Instead, I teared when Everest was reunited with his parents. It was very touching and I am emotional like you.
You probably don't remember this [and that's why I am writing it], you told me you felt like crying at the credit roll. I shared with you that I already did at the reunion scene. You burst into tears, "It's not about that. I wish daddy was here to watch with us!" You had such a good time, you felt heartbroken that he couldn't share this moment with you.
"MPP. Do you know what's that?"
You came around the table at dinner that evening and gave me a hug. "MPP. Do you know what's that?" Ewan. I know what that is because I know you. You came up with an abbreviation because you couldn't say it out. MPP. Miss Pa Pa. Then you added, "We are eating McDonald's without daddy now. I want daddy to enjoy a meal too. Can you dabao [hokkien for pack] for daddy too?"
It was only Day One of Seven Days daddy's going to be away son! How to dabao?!
"Maybe daddy misses me so much he will come back tonight"
The messages you wrote to daddy warmed my heart.
We all know you cannot take a FaceTime call. You will end up feeling more miserable after we put the call down. But when daddy asked if you'd like to FaceTime, you said "YES!" You cried so hard after that first night that we decided to not let you two hear each other's voices for the rest of the trip.
No more FaceTime!
"I miss papa when I see his slippers or
everything that belongs to him in the house."
We miss daddy too but I guess we don't miss him as much as you did. So much that you wanted to cry in school [even when you are having so much fun with your friends and kept busy with schoolwork during lessons] when you suddenly thought about him.
You are a good boy Ewan. I don't think we say that enough to you. We are always reprimanding you for this and for that. And when we praise you for being good, you almost never want to take credit for it. "I am not good. You have to go through so much pain to give birth to me and I am always causing trouble, always getting scolded." are your usual words. I feel sad to hear you say that but there's also so much maturity from this seven year old you.
This may sound confusing. I've never said this before but I told you this last night which you repeated after me in shock, "You love me that's why you always scold me?" *hahah* Yes son. Yes.
We parents got the greatest gift of all from our children - Unconditional Love.
Love, Mom.
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