On this Father’s Day, Jamila Rizvi raises a cuppa to her devoted dad.
Ten weeks after my son was born, I took him to visit my parents in Canberra. My intention had been to save Mum and Dad another trip down the highway to Melbourne. But being proud, newly minted grandparents, they insisted on driving all the way to me just so they could turn around and accompany us back to their home.
I don’t like saying the early months of motherhood were unpleasant because it feels awkward and ungracious, as if I am insulting the nine-year-old boy who has since become the centre of my world and the person whose company I enjoy most. But as a little crying lump of a thing at 2½ months old, he wasn’t much fun.
Making tea is something he can do when things are hard. Something that requires action rather than words of solace, support or sympathy.“Yeah, I’m fine, Dad. Sorry if I woke you. Go back to bed.”Advertisement“Cup of tea?” he suggests brightly. The proffered cup is so much more than a cup of tea. Wrapped up in the proposed warm drink are all kinds of complex feelings far too difficult to express.
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