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April 16, 2012
The Spare Father ( :
The sun , it couldn’t have been any brighter. My heart, it couldn’t have been any merrier, anticipating what’s promised to be one remarkably stirring moment. Some assorted feelings filled me: joy, impatience and anxiety you name it, I had it. It’s finally happening.Nothing prepared me for such “awe-whelming” encounter. A twitching smile waved uncontrollably on my face. I think she looks lovely, but I don’t want to state the obvious to her parents. I simply utter “wow!”.
she begins to size me up moment after I entered the room “a stranger in my room” she’s thinking. So I kneel by her and reassure her that I mean no harm, that I’m family. She finds that hard to believe, but her mother and father reinforce my claim with harmonized nods. She looks a little perplexed “ you’re late” she imagines, looking at me with googly eyes .“ where was he last month?” she turns to ask her parents.Then she turns a frown at me and expresses “ You can’t just turn up out of the blue and claim such prestigious title!”. I tell her she’s right and confess “ If God grants me a long enough life, I promise I will never miss any other life event of yours , never again”. She gives me a long and thougthful look and lets out a wry smile . I think her and I are on common terms now, she had forgiven my late coming. Hungry for bond, I launch my arms towards her , expecting a hug, a nice forgiving pat on the back, who knows, but I quickly realize she’s only a one-month-old baby, “oops!” I say. We laugh as if on cue at my little gaffe. Her eyes twinkle and tell me “don’t stare, hold me”. Suddenly, I’m in the eye of a hurricane of emotions which impairs me from speaking. I lift her up and rest her on chest , she’s very affectionate. I wrap the little wonder in my arms, she never quit staring at me until she falls asleep. I think she likes me, and I hope she doesn’t change her mind when she wakes up... when she grows up.
From that moment on I was officially doing my duty as a “spare father”. I was loving my niece more than any uncle ever loved.
~Snoopyboy
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