Chapter 0: The Love Underneath Duties
Some parents never say, “I love you.” They spend their entire lives proving it.
There are love stories written in the stars, some whispered beneath the moonlight, and others celebrated with grand gestures for the whole world to see.
But the most beautiful love story I have ever known was never written in a book. It never needed an audience, applause, or recognition.
It lived quietly inside our home.
In a father who carried responsibilities heavier than his shoulders could bear, yet never allowed his daughters to feel the weight of them.
In a mother who woke before the sun, exhausted herself throughout the day, and still found the strength to ask her children, “Have you eaten?”
It was a love that never demanded anything in return.
A love that gave everything.
And perhaps, like so many daughters, we were too young to understand just how much it was costing our parents to give us the life we deserved.
