Constantine English Language Forum

Dr. Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq, may God have mercy on him, used to say:

When the children return from school, they turn to the left to the kitchen, looking for their mother, and they do not turn to the right, where my office is, looking for me, even though my office is a few steps away from the kitchen..

I don't come. He stopped a lot about this “blasphemy”.Sometimes, I hear their mother telling to them: “Say homage to your father? ..Go and greet.”..

Between this request and its implementation, it takes from a quarter to half an hour.. I don’t stop much about this “disgrace” either..

The world is crowded, and the roads leading from the kitchen to my room have a lot of traffic, and it may take them longer to reach me.. They eventually come to me alone,send peace and a cold greeting!!

Last week, as soon as the eldest son arrived, I was shocked. I left my office, and I found him standing in the kitchen, about to handle something for “the mother ,” and when he saw me, he backed away and hid it behind his back, so I continued on my way without paying attention. A luxury “bar of chocolate” that he bought for her from his pocket money, and when he saw me, he was ashamed of me and did not know how to remedy the situation!!

Then after a few seconds he tried to get a piece of candy “Carmela” from the pocket of his jeans. It was stuck to the bottom of the pocket, I can hardly take it out, and there are some pieces of tissue paper on it, which he tried to give me. I thanked him anyway!!

I don't stop much about this “racial discrimination”.
It's true that the chocolate he bought for his mother was very tasty, but I am not disturbed by their inclination towards their mother, for we were like them and more!!

Despite the father's toil, the father's travel, the father's fatigue, and the father's tenderness, the delinquency is towards the mother, and this is an innate nature that we have no control over!
~ ~ It is strange that children do not discover their overwhelming love for their fathers until late, either after their departure, or after illness and loss of appetite for life!! Or life narrowed down for me, or I hesitated in resolving a matter..
I sighed and said: “Where are you, father?” ❤