A Letter To My Daughter, Born In 2020

A daughter is loved and cherished by her parents but gets extra love and affection from her father. Her father becomes her first male best friend, who understands her the most and loves her unconditionally. For fathers too, daughters are the biggest blessings; it inculcates a sense of responsibility and protectiveness. A father cherishes his daughter’s every single milestone and does whatever it takes to bring a smile to her face. Daddy, Papa, da-da, dad, or whatever name you can think of, becomes a father’s favorite sound, as his beloved daughter calls him that.

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Here is a heartfelt letter that was written by a father for his newborn daughter.

You were born in the year where all the impossibles happened; it was the year 2020. Before you came into this world, we were furious about what would happen and how the world will be in the future. We were worried about how your immune system will respond to the virus that has taken over the planet and left all of us startled. But by God’s grace, you were born healthy without any complications. But things after that were not very simple, and there was a lockdown due to which supermarkets were closed, and we weren’t able to easily get the essentials for our daily needs. Stocking of groceries and necessities was required to manage the days. We had to make sure that everything you needed was there at your service.

You might not understand these things right now, but soon you will. As of now, you think that these four walls you are kept in are your world. You think that I, your mother, and your brother are the only people on the planet. But sweetie, you don’t know what we have in store for you. You do not realize it now, but later you will. Right now, you are busy laughing at your brother, who is trying to entertain you with his dance moves, and we are happy to see you smile.

I know all this is too dense for you to understand, but the truth is that we live in a world where everyone is terrified, but no one wants to follow proper guidelines and do what’s right for everyone else. Because if they had kept it in mind earlier, you and I wouldn’t be having this conversation right now. I’d like to throw a party for you now. I would have called all my friends and proudly told them that I have a beautiful daughter now. But all this seems like a dream to me. We are not allowed to meet people from outside this house; we are supposed to take care of our hygiene and health. None of us can afford to fall sick, especially when we have you with us.

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A part of me says that I somehow trust the future generation. I know that we will see a better future, a future with happiness, with you proudly graduating from college. I want you to have an ambition like I had when I immigrated here. I want you to dream big and never give up. And as of now, my only dream is to sit with you on a Sunday afternoon over lunch and have some delicious food while we read this letter written to you by me. I know you’ll tell me that you don’t remember any of this, but I’m glad that you won’t because the only message you take home from 2020 is that we all were able to survive.

~ Lovingly yours,
Papa

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