island

i miss my father a lot. it's almost a year now since he left and ventured into the unknown. hehe last weekend, the office went to sumilon island. it was so beautiful. while snorkeling, i couldnt help but remember my father. he would have loved snorkeling (the fishes are so beautiful), and canoeing and kayaking and swimming. i know we would go to sumilon island if he knew about it and had time. my father likes adventure and seeing new places. he never placed any restrictions on us about travelling and experiencing new things but never lacked giving advice and guidance. we always plan something for the summer. he brings us to different places and lets us experience new things.
i remembered my father while i was doing freestyle strokes in the pool. my father was one great man. i wish i had spent more time with him. i could not think of any man greater than my father..(i think every daughter thinks of their father that way) i could not think of any man more generous and loving. i get teary eyed when i talk about how good a man my father was. it was i guess some sort of consolation to us when the people that my father had worked with or known also thinks that he was a good person. how they were all shocked by his sudden death. and they would always say that God chooses the good people to die first because the bad ones will be a pain in the butt in heaven (or purgatory).
if my father is in heaven now, i wonder what he must be doing there. he's probably digging up some earth (if they have earth in heaven) to plant some shaggy plant that would grow out of control and out of place, (like our sampaguita at home). or maybe he's walking a dead dog's soul. or he's probably building a house for us like he did on earth. or what if he has another family there already. hehe
a man of few words because deeds for him, speak an awful lot louder. i so miss my papa.