2 things were on my mind last night. but one i have already forgotten. haha nevermind. the one i remember has something to do with the last page article in Time magazine. it was a father lamenting that his daughter is growing up too fast. it struck a chord within me. well, how should i say it? many years ago, fathers are sterotyped as wanting only sons, to carry on the family line. they dote on sons more, pampering them with the sort of treatment daughters will never get. and now, it seems things have changed.

once, at my mum and dad's workplace, one of their colleagues asked me " your father dotes on you more right? and your mum dotes on your brother more?" that set me thinking... is it true? since then, i've read many articles celebrating the unique bond of fathers and daughters. perhaps it is due to the fact that these articles erase the stereotype that fathers love sons and not daughters, but whatever it is, they caught my attention.

i personally feel that my father is not biased in loving me or my brother. but sometimes i do feel that he does dote on me more. and i am proud, in the knowledge that i've not let him down, the one man who frets constantly for our health and well-being. and i hope as i grow up, i will only make him prouder, not less.

all the articles i read include the father's aching pain in his heart when he realises that his girl has grown up into a woman, and will no longer sit in his lap listening to bedtime stories. the daughter has an independent mind of her own and will often not listen to him. i know this is happening to me too, but every now and then, i hug my dad goodnight to let him know that no matter what, i'll always be his daughter, the little girl who grows up to be a woman who loves him with all her heart.