I WAS very much into playing with dolls when I was younger. My mother would often come home from an out-of-the-country trip bringing home porcelain dolls.
Some would be too expensive to cradle around, all I could do was leave them on a shelf. Others would either be too big, too terrifying, or too fragile for me to play with.
Often times, though, she’d come home with a Barbie, and my day would be made.
Dolls were a big part of my life. They were something I enjoyed spending time with a lot. I’m sure that many children could relate to this. We depend on our toys to make stories; to imagine the impossible. We appreciate the magic they bring.
As we grow older though, we begin to lose interest in them. Our toys begin to pile in wicker baskets or plastic containers, left in the attic or in some corner of our room to gather dust. As soon as we’re adults, they’re completely out of our sight and mind.
Wise heart
A father is someone with authority. He is the voice of reason and righteousness. He has the steel hand of a disciplinarian and the comforting shoulder of an understanding friend. No inexperienced young man could ever compare to the wise heart of a father.
A father has gone through many hardships—courting the woman of his dreams, raising stubborn children and teaching them the right ways, keeping his marriage happy, and loving everyone around him.
There is so much that a father needs to have, and so much that he needs to keep. He needs to keep calm, because when everything goes crazy, he will have to be the one to make things okay. He needs to have a lot of love in his heart, because not only does his wife need his deep support and appreciation, but also his children.
Everyone around him will need him, and he will need to be there. He will need to maintain a positive and discerning outlook and attitude, because there are many responsibilities entailed to being him. He is the epitome of control, because he has so much on his plate yet he continues to get more and more, solely for the benefit and happiness of others, and to which he is satisfied with.
Comparison to figurines
I’d like to think of every single person we know as a figurine; they are dear to us because we earned their love and friendship. We care for them because we want to keep them around.
The father figure would have to be one of the most special on the glass shelf; he would be made of the strongest materials, and be the most detailed and well-respected figure on the shelf.
As we grow up, we sometimes feel like we’re too old for dolls, toys, and figurines. As we grow up, we begin to distance ourselves from our life as kids, and soon enough we’re distant from our parents.
But know this; every single person that is important to you in your life will always be as important as that figurine you once held in your little hands.
Value everyone no matter what age you are. Love your fathers with all your heart and shower him with love and affection every single day, most especially on Father’s Day. There are many things that will require you to grow up, but you will never be too old for your father.
Hannah Nolasco is a 14-year-old student from De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. Aside from singing and playing tennis, she loves to read mythology and epic poems during her past time. She has hopes of publishing a book someday and dreams of becoming a geneticist when she grows up.
