Daddy’s Corner

i was tagged by xofia enia’s mommy and i’m obligated (winks) to brag about my baby’s father, who also happens to be the guy i’m married to and the guy i’m forced to spend the rest of my life with.

everyone close to me and alvin knew how we started, and it wasn’t easy — not for me, not for him, and most especially not for the people around us. i give credit to my own friends who saw it coming before i did, and for their acceptance of the unconventional man who offered me his love and for the unconventional relationship we had. some of our friends had a harder time embracing it, and the way he stood by, unfazed, was enough to assure me things will fall into place someday.

no, alvin was far, far, far from the type of guys who could sweep me off my feet. he was my friend, a really close friend, and nothing more. i thought i had walls high enough to protect me from certain things, such as falling in love without my consent or getting too emotionally attached to another person. but i was wrong. little did i know that alvin, too, thought he had walls as high and strong as mine, and that he had to climb over his walls just to help me go outside of mine. the longer we knew each other, stereotypes began to disappear and i found myself not holding too tight to my ideals anymore, and then eventually letting them go to make way for complete openness. i began to realize that all that matters is the fact that he’s always by my side to listen when things don’t go well for me, he’s around to make me laugh, he’s there to listen and not judge me, he’s there to keep me company when i’m alone but don’t want to.

things won’t ever come to how they are today if not for alvin, who had to change everything about his life — his lifestyle, his personal beliefs and principles, his concept of love and relationships — just to make room for me. he was patient and waited until i was ready to accept him for who he was and who he is, and until i myself was ready to change my own beliefs and concept of love and relationship to open my arms to him. the rest is history.

and since it’s almost father’s day, i’d have to say that alvin’s been a wonderful dad to athalia. the moment he found out we were having her, he showed me nothing less than pure joy. although we contradict each other on how to raise and take care of her — i am an obsessive-compulsive control freak, while he believes in the theory of innoculation and of throwing the kid into the world and exposing her to all the elements (not to mention all the germs) — i know he’ll always protect and shield her from whatever bad coming her way.

so to alvin: thank you so much for being here with me now. for tolerating all my craziness and my neurotic tendencies. for the logic at times when i get too emotional. for encouraging and supporting me in my little passions. for being a good provider, even when it comes to all my useless little whims. for backing me up in whatever endeavor. for taking off your shirt when it rains hard so that i’d have something to cover my head. for the breakfasts in bed. for taking care of me when i’m sick. for holding me tight when i cry too hard. for the forgiveness. for the patience and self-control. for the love.

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