I am blessed to have someone like him. Someone who inspires me to do good, to make myself better for other people especially people I love and be a part of something more than myself. That making myself better is not just for me, but for people around me.


I decided to make this just to give an acknowledgement for all the things you have done for me and to express how worthy you are to me. May you feel my love and immeasureable thank you for everything with these words.


You see, your obedient little girl of yesterday has suddenly became a brat lady with a heart and mind of her own. No matter how you wanted the best for her, she will still live her life, commit her own mistakes and learn to be wise in the process.


I remembered when I experienced my first big failure, it’s you and mama who was there for me when the whole world wasn’t. I cried tears of humiliation, despair, and frustration while you and mama were thinking about the best plans for me.


Drawing inspiration from your personal experiences of having picked yourself up after countless setbacks is where I got back on my own two feet, with your motivation and support.

You are a big part of my growth. You always make me think bigger and makes me realize things and mostly the crucial realities in front of me. You tell me the things I need to learn the way I need to hear it.


What should you give to a man who has sacrificed and invested so much in his children’s education, only to discover that there’s a possibility that they might not be able to finish their degree?

If I were to document every single little thing you have done for me, this would be no longer an article, but an encyclopedia.


Pa, thank you for believing in your stupid daughter and still supporting her dreams even though you find them funny and confusing. Thank you for teaching me that I have what it takes in me to pick up the pieces after every fall. Thank you for challenging me to be stronger than I think I am and for spurring me to have the courage to face adversities head on. Thank you for sacrificing some of yourself just for us to have a home and for playing such an active role in keeping the whole family intact, together and happy. Thank you for doing all you can to the best of your abilities in being the best father one can ever have. Thanks for being the world’s best example of a father.


You always show me that every moment, I am lovable and loved by you with no if’s, no but’s and no why’s. That I am so valuable, worthy and created for a purpose.

Papa, you are full of wisdom and knowledge. And in my experience those two could be two different things. I admire you for having both and teaching me that it is power and one must always use this for good. I see you in situations using either and how you conquer your battles in life with grace.

You are the one who taught me to mind my own business and be thoughtful of others, to organize things and yet be okay with my own chaos, to always strive to be better version of myself.


You are my definition of a great man. You are my Papa, someone who took me all yours and raised me. I am more than lucky to have a person like you in my life. I will always be grateful for this beautiful blessing in my life; the most genuine man I have ever known.

I will never stop loving you until the raging sea will stop hitting the sands. Until the hummingbird stop searching for the sweetest nectar. And until the moon stop kissing the vast night sky. I will always love you, Papa. The kind of love that is beyond measure. The kind of love that surpasses the counting of infinite numbers.


I always try to live by the rules you set out of me since I was a kid, (although I fail you in some of it) to the best that I can. I know that you always have a special way of overlooking the bad and seeing the good, understand what’s misunderstood and caring as no one else could.

I know that when my world seems to hold nothing but worries and problems, it holds atleast one person who cares about me very much and that you’re always there for me. Papa, thank you.


To say these words just do not seem enough somehow. But, thank you! And Papa, I know that I’m not always the best daughter that any father could wish for but I know someday I’ll make you and mama proud.


No matter how many doors that will come our way, you are and will always be my hero and my first love, not because of the things you are giving me but because you are my father.

You are the only man who will never give up on me and never let my heart be broken. The only man who will hold my heart forever. And the only man who loves the hell out of me. Who loves me even when I’m not so lovable.


Happy Father’s Day Papa, I love you.💗