{"id":938,"date":"2015-03-10T17:55:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=938"},"modified":"2015-03-10T17:55:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T09:55:37","slug":"in-memory-of-my-late-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/in-memory-of-my-late-father\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of my late father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I met my new supervisor. Somehow, from our conversation, reminded me of my late father. And yeah, after all these years&#8230;somehow, i would still wish if he could remain alive today. I wish that i could be like any other children, or even adult, when his dad is around to talk and guide, even enjoying my daugthers.<\/p>\n<p>I would remember then, how he had lived. How he work hard to ensure our family have all the good things. And how I wish that he could be less hard-working and live longer just to be with us.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind less eating in restaurant, if he could still be alive today.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t mind of the old house, if it meant he could still be alive today.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t mind of less pocket money, and did not enjoy my favorite food in canteen, if it could make him work less harder and still be alive today.<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t mind of us working harder as family, if it could help him to bear the burden alone.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, I think, what most important in life is who we are, and not what we can do.<br \/>\nAfter all said and done, we would exchange everything for the time we spend with our loved ones.<br \/>\nIf it meant for us to live with less in order to have him more, I think none of us would complain.<\/p>\n<p>Teach me Lord to treasure my life. I would not want to repeat the same with my wife and my children. Even as young as a little baby, she knows that to see the father is of a greater joy than all the plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I met my new supervisor. Somehow, from our conversation, reminded me of my late father. And yeah, after all these years&#8230;somehow, i would still wish if he could remain alive today. I wish that i could be like any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/in-memory-of-my-late-father\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,35,43],"tags":[163,227],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fatherhood","category-life","category-nostalgic","tag-fatherhood","tag-memories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1240,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/a-silly-father\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":0},"title":"A silly father","author":"clay","date":"July 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night I\u00a0tried to put our two girls to sleep together again. 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