FATMOM?

As I was walking down the stairs, I glimpsed something on the dining table. I approached the 'big package' which has a note stuck to it by a pin. It was addressed to someone named FatMom. Hmm! What a weird name to call someone!

Suddenly out of nowhere, my three children were standing around me. They were giggling away. "Dad! The package is yours and so is the note. C'mon, open it and read what we want you to know", beamed the three of them.

Dearest FatMom,

Dad, we addressed you as FatMom because of your dual role in our life since mom left us. We want you to know how grateful we are for bringing us up with love, the love that Jesus our Lord had filled your heart. We know that someday when we looked back, our life with our children and grandchildren will be a daily celebration of you.

WE THANK YOU: For each morning trying to wake us up for school. For the always scrumptious breakfast. For the pocket allowance to school, even though we know some days it was a struggle for you. For making sure we have the best meals each day. For trying your very best to give us the best in life. For those nights where you regaled us with tales of your teenage years and living righteously. For teaching us to do our laundries, make up our beds, mopping the floors, ironing our clothing and cooking our own meals. Thank you for all these lessons equipping us to be ready for independence. Though someday we may be living apart from you, your presence in our life will be these lessons you taught us.

We will always remember you reminding us of the 6.5 billion people beyond the threshold of our house. That if we cannot live in peace and love with 4 people in the house, we're going to face an uphill task with 6.5 billion people outside our home. You taught us to love each other, be forgiving, have self control, understanding humility, be kind and many more other good attitudes. When we possessed right attitudes, we are ready to conquer the world.

Dad, though our lives may not be well furnished with the things from this world, we are thankful to Jesus for furnishing our hearts with His love!

Thank you for those days when you would not compromised with our tantrums and ludicrous demands. Thank you for helping us to overcome our reticence and talked to you openly about our personal problems.

THANK YOU DAD, for teaching us to live our lives the way God our Father in Jesus Christ wanted it. We thank you for teaching us about the simple things in life such as being kind to the less fortunate, and to love everyone as our very own brothers and sisters because we were all created in the image of our heavenly Father. Thank you for reminding us to love with good deeds from the heart and not just by spoken words.

Thank you dad, for explaining to us about wisdom and foolishness. We scrawled these lessons into our hearts remembering that worldly wisdom is foolishness to God and godly wisdom is foolishness to man. That we are to live to please our Saviour Jesus and not man. For teaching us to listen to our hearts. And we can do everything in the power of the Holy Spirit; when we walked in fellowship with our Saviour.

Dad, today as we celebrate Mother's Day, we are confident to live in the world our heavenly Father placed us. We are confident of a victorious life because God in Jesus has gifted us with His Spirit to help us.

Thank you dad for fulfilling your responsibilities as FatMom to articulate how we must live our lives, not for ourselves but for Jesus who came to die for us.

Last but not least, we thank the Lord Jesus for those most difficult days when you lost everything in your business because those days are the best days. Those were the days we lived in His Presence.

* Dad, we want you to know the truth; your chicken stew taste awful! Maybe you should get everything right before you do it again. Sorry!

WE LOVE YOU DAD!

Your Children in Christ Jesus Forever, Kenneth, Adrian and Melissa.

By the time I finished reading, the note was falling apart from the soaking of my tears.

Adrian told me not to worry as he can print out another one!

I look up towards heaven, managed a wink and said, "Thank you Jesus!"