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I’m Sorry
By Tony Tran


Dear Son,

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when it was your 5th Birthday. I wasn’t able to see the happiness striking across your face, the anticipation running through your veins at the point of opening your presents. The blissful joy of all your friends and family around you as they sang happy birthday, that day was a memory I never had the chance to remember.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you had your first day at school. It was like a new world for you filled with friendship, independence and above all, fun. I’ll always regret not being there to pick you up after school and having you run into my arms at a thousand miles per hour, as though you hadn’t seen me in years. Those days when you came home and started humming a harmonious song that you learnt, it was a tune I’d never hear.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you were eight years old and just learnt to ride your first bike. The breeze going through your hair as you came speeding down the mountain side. When you fell off, I wasn’t there to save you from the aching pain of disappointment. I wasn’t there to tell you that it’d be ok, and it breaks me up inside to think about that very fact.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you received your first kiss and needed someone to talk to. Your heart throbbing, a constant smile on your face and yet no sign of me. You were like a bird with no wings, lost in a world with no sense of direction as to where to go next. When heartbreak struck like a piercing dagger and your world came crashing down, still I was nowhere to be seen.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you finished high school, with high honors and a diploma together hand in hand. The moment you stepped up to the stage with a huge applause being granted for your achievement, while sequences of camera flashes lit up the stage. It would have been one of your highest points of ecstasy in your life. Yet, where was I?

Son you must understand why you have received this letter after all these years. For you see, during the time of your birth, your mother was suffering from heart failure and both her and you were in jeopardy of having your lives taken from the depths of Earth. After some time in the hospital waiting area, there was only one thing to do. As I approached the doctor I told him that a heart donor was found for your mother. It was apparent he knew who the donor was and what would be occurring in the next few hours. I passed this very letter to him and if you’re reading it then what occurred next was truly a success…






Authors Comments: The love of a father towards his son is stronger than anything in the world. A father would give up everything he had for the well being of his family….even his life.
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