Letting Go
- Khushi Shekhar
- Jul 14, 2023
- 2 min read
My father has started to let go of me. Maybe it’s not such a recent happening. Maybe it has been happening for a long time now. Only I have started noticing it today. From the day he decided that he won’t hit me now, he started to let go of me. The day he let me go to my friend’s place all alone for the first time, he started to let go of me. The day he thought that it’s fine for my younger brother to be with just me for so many days, he started to let go of me. The day he decided that his daughter can now travel to somewhere 1.5 hours away all alone everyday, he started to let go of me. The moment he let me come home late in the night for the first time, he started to let go of me. The day he started to teach me how to cook, he started to let go of me. The day he gave me the choice to decide my career path for myself, he started to let go of me. The moment he handed over a huge sum of money to the institute, he started to let go of me. The day he walked in the sun with me looking for a PG, he started to let go of me. The moment he saw me sign the tenant contract, he started to let go of me.
As the years have passed and are passing, the process of letting go is just getting shorter and shorter, until one day, it will end. I don’t want to see that day, but I will have to, just like everyone else.
Beautifully articulated and penned from heart, your thoughts strike a chord, Khushi! Being a father to a daughter who has traversed the same path…I have re-lived the journey. Shine on and rock steady
It is really relatable and happens to everyone even with me, so much has changed and that the relationship with my father has come to point where I can share things that are in my mind freely but earlier I was scared to do it. And now he has let me free from the restrictions.
But he will be always there for youu, by any chance if you fall !
I can't control my tears.