Umar is an entrepreneur and documentary producer. She lives in Rancho Bernardo. Writing about a father is a walk along an emotional journey. We all have strong and bittersweet emotions when we remi…
Writing about a father is a walk along an emotional journey. We all have strong and bittersweet emotions when we reminisce about our fathers.I realized only after his passing who he really was as a person and what an instrumental force he was in the way I chose to live my life and parent my own children.
I was born the year he had to leave for war. When I was 2 months old, my mother moved in with her family with three small children and did not know if her husband would return. My father started from humble beginnings, having undergone difficulties in life that I cannot even fathom. He had a taste of difficult circumstances and he saw things as black and white. As is typical of a child who grows up in comfort and care, I was spoiled. I had the privilege of going to a private school that gave me a well-rounded education. I studied the arts and languages and I found my father’s beliefs outdated.
As I have become a parent and my husband is now a father, I often evaluate how fathers have changed since the last generation.
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