i had a chance this week to meet this fabulous guy at 938 LIVE radio interview.
i thank God that i had this chance to be there to listen to his interview.
it was so apt. i almost welled up in tears.

some background.
he married at the age of 26 (srsly young)
a young father of 2 beautiful girls
he trains youth leaders up initially in church thereafter in a charity organisation.
more imptly as he was sharing about his life, i realised, fathers are v important in a family.
well, i am not promoting for fathers' day but what he says struck a chord within me.

when he was interviewed, he was asked...(sieved out qns)

what present would you give your daughter when she is 16?
--> a baseball bat placed outside the door with words "come in if you dare"
(hurhur)

what do you think about family time?
--> as a father, it is really hard because we have to bring the bread in and we also have to ensure that the girls have a quality life. so it is hard mostly when we have to balance giving them quality life and spending quality time. But i believe in family time because i believe in creating memories, it is more for me cause the two girls will possibly not remember so i will remind them when they get older. more imptly, i want to be there for them. (: so as a father, i need to learn to balance it. (how can you not love him?)

what advice do you have for your fellow fathers?
--> I dun think i can give advices as i am still a young dad, but i think the only thing i want to be is a role model for my kids. i can't think of being anything else for my kids. I want them to grow up one day and say this to me... Dad, i will marry this guy because he takes after you, a role model in my life.

I srsly went omgosh, u are absolutely cool. then i felt something cause..my dad was never really present in my life when i was growing up and i really would love to say what his daughter will say. haha. well.. dun get all pity party, i am glad God fathered me in the earlier stages of my life and subsequently, after dad's conversion, I somehow am able to speak to him and unds him and literally, have a father. hurhur. only to realise that i have learnt alot from him also. in my recent card to him, i said.. thanks for teaching me how to love. haha. the way he loves my mum makes me go woah.. u really really love her. u noe how mums can be quite unreasonable and often demanding and nonsensical. yeah. so in this aspect, he is like my role model. i am just so glad i am still able to salvage time with him as a father. thank God it is not too late. i can still have father chats with him over lunch and quick bites. more often, i think because he is dad, he needs not speak much, with pure observation, he noes me better than mum and even better than myself. uh.. this interview hence makes me well up in tears and i thank God i could have this oppty to be present to hear his story.

more to come at work. i pray God continues to show me and spur me on.

Lord, without you, how to survive?
Help me pretty pls.