Dear Tatay,

THE MAN AND FATHER THAT

NEVER LEFT,

NEVER FAILED

AND NEVER STOPPED LOVING.
You will and forevermore be my inspiration and hope. You're a living proof that not all men are the same. I say this every year, and I'll never get tired of saying so. To my Tatay, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
I know you're watching us from up above.

TWO OF THE GREATEST FATHERS I KNOW ARE UP IN HEAVEN. :) #Tatay #Yahweh

May 1997

 Dear Tatay,


I know it's too late now, and that you'll never be able to read this anymore. But I believe that somewhere up there, you can hear my heart.


I know I was probably too young to remember all those nights you and Nanay stayed up to tend to my needs. But being with you both for the first 6 years of my life does have a big impact. But to this day I still feel that you and Nanay were the ones who raised me. Though technically mom has been taking care of me for 15 years already. I remember however on the day of Tatay's Jee's wedding, I cried my heart out because the neighbors told me I was just your grand daughter and not really your daughter. I remember Nanay persuading me to unlock myself out of the room. I remember her caressing me and leading me out the door. I remember the both of you scolding whoever said I wasn't your own daughter. Tatay, I miss you. :'(

I'm sorry for that day way back primary school in Australia. You came to pick me up from school and I said some pretty awful things I did not even think over. When all you wanted was for me to say I love you to you. I'm sorry, Tatay. It has been eating me up since that day. It's been over 10 years, but I still regret that moment. :'(


I'm sorry, Tatay for not taking care of you when you were old and unable, they way you took care of me when I was still young and dependent. :'( You were sick and I did not do enough. You were closing to your death yet I did not do my part. I had every inch of opportunity to make your last few months count, yet I shied away, I denied, I even lied about being pregnant.

Tatay, if you were still alive now, I know you'd love your granddaughter as much as you loved me. Maybe even more. Tatay I know you're watching over us both. I know that you have been her angel ever since the day she was born. I know it for sure. She calls out for you, yet she has never met you.


Tay, mahal na mahal kita. Isang araw, magkikita tayo ulit. Isang araw sinisugurado ko, ako naman ang mag-aalaga sa iyo.Ikaw ang tatay na binigay ng Diyos, dahil alam niya ikaw ang kakailanganin ko. Naming lahat. Salamat sa pagiging Tatay sa akin. Dakila kang ama. :')

May 2008

Always and Forever,
Kaleng Aleng