January 4, 1996
My Dear Children,
It is a great pleasure for me to have received from you a beautiful card with the message below to me as Dad on my birthday, my response to the same is as under in the form of an imperfect poem, quite repetitious and not in proper verse form:
What is a Dad ?
A Dad is a word of encouragement
A smile that’s always there
A hand to guide us on our path
A heart to always care
A Dad is understanding
Patient, gentle, wise
Someone to look up to
In his children’s eyes
And you’re the perfect Dad because
You’re all these things… and more….
And you’re more appreciated
Than you’ve ever been before.
Your Dad is what he is
Because of the love you bless him with
Encouragement and ever ready smile
Have bee bestowed on him by you
His understanding and care
Due to you with him are there
He is sure gentle, patient & wise
But in small manner, he shares them all with you
No man is perfect and so am I
Yet you must look up to a part of sky
Sky alone is without a limit
Your Dad is high yet not so high
Let us appreciate each other as ever we do
You do me and I do you
And so in love we may ever advance
You must make progress, get every, each chance
Happy be you and smile you ever
Be you smart resourceful & clever.
With lots of love & blessings to each one of you
Your Dad,
Kewal Krishan Mittal
