get everything that I want from my father. He was not home as often as I wanted him to be. In many ways he was a very strict person, so I did not get to many free pass when I did something wrong. He wanted to make sure that my brothers, sister and I could clear understand and learn how to do things right. I moved away from my father at the age of 16 to come to live with my mother in the United States, but my father did not want to come to the US.
When I have the opportunity to look back to everything that I went through, I know the only reason that I did not take a wrong turn in my life, was because of the teaching I received from my father. I was able to return to my country to visit my father when I was 18 years old. After that, I tried to go back every year or at least every other year. I want to show to my father how much I love him and my appreciation for everything that he did. My father passed away on March 1 2015 at the age of 84. I thanked God during that moment to allow me to understand that my father always will be in me.