It has been a while since I cried… this video just did it…

I had dinner with my friend Joey last night. He was going through a rough time. He went home a couple of months ago to be with his ailing father. He was told that his father was getting weaker and weaker from colon cancer and was not expected to make it within that week. He hurriedly packed his bags, went home and when he arrived there – his dad seemed fine. His dad told him that he feels well and for Joey not to worry. His dad insisted that Joey should go back home and not waste his time when he could be working back in the U.S. Joey felt the same and agreed to go back home. Two days after he arrived in the U.S., his father died.

He couldn’t feel the pain then. Maybe because of shock or because he couldn’t see his father dying after he saw him looking healthy and all just the week before. But last night, he felt it. He wanted to cry but he couldn’t.

He called me this morning and told me that he just let himself go this morning upon receiving an email from his classmates back in college. He felt every pain and he felt the release of all of life’s pressures. I was actually glad. Sabi ko nga sa kanya, sana isinulat niya kay Dear Chuva. haha! Then he told me about the email and the video attached to it.

Read the email and watch the video after the JUMP

What a father wouldn’t do for his son, with God’s divine interference..A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’ The father who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’.

They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons,the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Iron man together.’
To which, his father said ‘Yes’ too.

For those who don’t know, Iron man is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim,followed by a 112 mile (180.2
kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island .

Father and son went on to complete the race together.

Here’s the video of the race….

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