Hello Son,
It's Sunday 21st today.
Father's Day.
Dad and Mom went for early morning mass at 6.30 am.
We were like 3 minutes late.
Entrance hymn had ended.
Mom walked over to the right and took a seat at the last row, in the middle of the church.
If you can picture that.
As soon as Mom stood at her position (the congregation was standing at that point), Mom saw it.
Her morning ZAP.
Mom leaned over to Dad and whispered with a big grin on her face.
"Look ... in front of me ... the pink t-shirt ... roses ... Son's rose ..."
Dad looked.
He gave a nod.
Dad just mentioned about your rose the day before ... at the home living store ... whilst we were getting the bedsheets with Grandma.
Yes, Daniel.
Mom remembers.
It was in the same church.
On Mother's Day.
You must have been 8 years old or so.
After mass, Mom and Dad were sitting in the church waiting for Justine and you.
You were both at catechism.
When you appeared, you held a single rose in your hand.
You presented to Mom ... and as you did ... the stem gave way ... and the flower kinda bend over.
Uh oh.
Quickly, you held the rose up with your other hand.
Justine had squealed with laughter.
"Daniel's flower bowed down ..."
Your sister exclaimed before laughing out loud.
That was the rose incident.
This morning, a pink t-shirt filled with roses design was just right there ... before your mother's eyes.
And in pink too.
You only ONE pink t-shirt ...yes, in that same shade ...that has the words
FREE
on it.
Mom was just smiling away, embracing the memories of it all.
Then, she noticed the shirt on the left.
Green shade.
Holiday beach shirt.
Coconut leaves and trees.
Mom whispered and pointed to Dad.
"Didn't Daniel have a beach shirt like that ... (Mom pointed) ... his was a light brown colour ..."
Dad nodded yes.
Your father remembers.
There must be some photos around in our old albums.
Hmm.
How quaint.
From where your mother was seated, she could see both her ZAP signs simultaneously.
Extreme left (green) and extreme right (pink).
ZAP ZAP!!
Her son is making his presence known. Mom recognises that.
Morning Son, her heart greeted softly.
It's Father's Day today ... and it's also your 21st ... of course, you would find a way to remind your parents that you are with them.
Hee hee.
That's just AWESOME!
So after mass, we lit some candles at the grotto.
One tealight is for Michael Jackson.
His 17th farewell anniversary on the 25th is in 4 days' time.
25th.
Mom's birthday.
Michael Jackson's greatest fan.
Hah!
So ...Dad and Mom drove to the mall.
It was about 7.45 am.
There were only a handful of cafes that were opened for early breakfast.
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| Awww. The cafe gave the dads. |
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| Nice and cooling. |
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| Mom's breakfast. |
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| Dad's plate. |
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| Oooh. The coffee was excellent. |
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| It was a nice father's day breakfast. |
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Dad took this photo.
Reminds Mom of the
King of Pop. Heehee.
It's part of the name :
Burger King
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Mom certainly has good
photography skills. |
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Umm ... Dad?
Not so much.
Haha. |
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| This is the closest you can get Mom to be with nature without going to the jungle. |
We enjoyed our breakfast very much.
After our food, we chilled there for a bit.
Until a waiter came to our table and politely asked :
"Did you ask for the bill?"
We didn't.
The cafe was getting filled up.
It was time to go.
Dad just replied, "Let me have the bill."
Mom said happily,
"See that? Eighty-three fifty ..."
8350
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8 35
8 8
44 44
"Son is with us ... "
Mom's eyes scanned the receipt.
Table : 22
Awww. Even the table number is right.
4
(There was no physical number on our table ... none that we could see...) (In fact, Mom had wanted to sit on another table but the usherer invited Mom to sit at the end that was nearer to the greens... cooling, he said.)
You must have whispered to him to move us to this table number 4.
Smile.
Date and time looks perfect too.
Date : 21062026
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21 8 8
21 44 44
Time : 944
Decode
94 4
13 4
4 4
Clearly, you were with us, Son.
That was nice.
After leaving that cafe, we walked around for a bit.
Then, we decided to go back.
The maid was supposed to come to the house at 11am.
Your parents walked out of the exit glass door at level 1 ... where we parked the car.
Mom instantly saw this car ... to her right.
The white car.
777?
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Happy 21st to you, too Daniel.
"Daniel is saying Happy Father's Day, Dad ..."
Mom said to Dad.
Dad replied with a big smile,
"Thanks, Son."
Keep the ZAPS coming, Daniel.
It's just wonderful having you with us.
Be with Justine today too ya ... her 1st year wedding anniversary.
Talk to you in a bit.
Mom
