This is my boy and I'm so proud of him but sometimes looking into his eyes makes me sad.
He reminds me of my self and how unlucky I am in life, he looks a lot like his mom from the outside and more like me from the inside. He's a good boy but missed a lot in his life & I hope I can replace some of his losses in the near future.
He's the love of my life!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting, is "My Boy" a metaphor for something or is he really your son?
You never mentioned before that you are a father on this blog, as far as I can recall! Did he come with you from the Netherlands or did he always live in the south of Lebanon?
Questions over Questions . . .
As for the pic, it is very nice/deep :-)
As for the other sentences!
Don't be pessimistic. I watched an egyptian movie a couple of nights ago, the main actor was Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and the name of the movie is جري الوحوش Garie Elwo7oos.
In this movie a Sheikh tells the main actor - who was playing the role of a healthy but poor man - something beautiful and very true: "God gave every person 24 Carats, you just have to look around and you will find them, no matter how bad you think your life is, you have the full 24 Carats, be grateful!"
You have the link for the movie, watch it! I started to watch egyptian and arabic movies a lot, I think they are a lot deeper than Hollywood ;-)
Have a great weekend :-)
Greetz,
Joseph
No bro it's not a metaphor he's my son, I wrote about him in the past in one of my blogs but that was way before we knew each other.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the valuable advice, but I'm not being pessimistic I'm being realistic, my life is a horror book and I proudly accept it as it is, that of my son is turning to be the same and I'm trying to change that. Somethings I can't change nor replace but life goes on.
Unfortunately, can't write much about it on the Internet ;)
Thanks you're a good friend!
Well M I am surprised but thank you for sharing your son with us. He looks like a handsome young lad from what I can see.
ReplyDeleteEven though you can't go back and change a single thing you can start today and be a positive role model for your son. You can suggest and encourage him and my suggestion to you is not to out and out tell him what to do, teens or children often times seem to rebel when being told what to do. I have found that things generally go much smoother with suggestions or even share stories of your past. Turn your tough life lessons into wisdom and choose your words wisely when sharing them. All the best to you with your son M. I'm sure that you being in his life will make a difference, it's going to take time and tons of patience most likely but you have what it takes!
Enjoy your day my friend.
Thanks for your great advice, infact that is exactly how I'm treating him, not exactly how our culture is or used to be because back home people still treat there kids harshly thinking that good for them but I'm totally against that.
ReplyDeleteWe both love each other a lot even though I've only been in his life for two years. We both have a lot to heal from & I'm sure we will someday, we just have to be patient & work together.
I let him do all he wants but advice him if I think he's going down the wrong path.
Really appreciate your kind advice.