{"id":11259,"date":"2019-05-28T20:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T20:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/?p=11259"},"modified":"2024-01-12T08:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:17:16","slug":"my-father-the-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/bota-bota-en\/my-father-the-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"My father, my hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On June 16th, we will be celebrating\nFather\u2019s Day. To mark this important day, I sat down with three of our sailors\nso they could tell me about their own fathers. A look back on these emotional\ndiscussions, filled with love.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sacha D., Site Agent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaning on my desk, Sacha seems ready and eager to tell me about his\nfather’s story. His deep voice evokes a happy childhood, governed by a caring\nbut severe father: “I was lucky and had a golden opportunity to grow up\nwith a father like him. He was stern, but not for nothing, it was to educate us,\nand he did a great job. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Haiti, he spent his life working hard to offer his future family nothing\nbut the best. Automotive repair technician, cook, bus driver at the STM, he\nknew how to make his professional experiences adventures that led him from\nHaiti to Montreal, where Sacha and his brothers were born. “He constantly\ntold us to give the best of ourselves,” recalls Sacha, “He told us\nthat as young Haitians in Montreal, it was important to work hard to succeed in\nlife, because here life is harder for black kids. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss of his father three years ago is a daily reminder for him to never\ngive up. He wears with pride many of his qualities: “I am persevering and\noptimistic, like him. The more time passes, the more it becomes obvious. No\nmatter what I do, his words are present with me. ” Sacha knows the passion\ninstilled by his father will pay off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thank him for the gift of life that he gave me, for the laughter,\nthe stories, the long lectures… and for his green thumb”, today, Sacha\nhas taken over his father’s vegetable garden and continues to cultivate it,\ngiving a portion of the vegetables to people around him, “It brings me a\nfeeling of well-being”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to continue in the footsteps of the one who guided him, Sacha\nintends to take a trip to Haiti. “It will surely bring a change of\nperspective on the idea I have of the country,” a life project, which he\nsees as a kind of pilgrimage, a way to thank his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniela M., Boarding Agent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniela tells me about Moldova the country she shares with her father. As a\nchild in his small village in the USSR, he\u2019d daydream, “When he\u2019d see airplanes\nin the sky, he would hope one would stop to pick him up\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many years later, the journey he had been hoping for finally knocked on his\ndoor, with a trip to Portugal, “He saw that the situation in Moldova wasn\u2019t\ngoing too well and many people were leaving elsewhere in Europe”. He\nrepatriated his family to his side and went into the construction business,\nwhile his wife, a former nurse, started doing house maintenance, her diploma\nnot being recognized in Portugal. “They did not feel really accomplished\nand they saw Canada as a better opportunity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years later, Daniela and her parents arrived in Montreal. Her father\nis still in construction, but this time as an entrepreneur, with his own\nbusiness, “My father is a go-getter, he always told me that if I did not\ntry anything, I would never get anything in return, and that motivates me.\n“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite a certain barrage of language, between Romanian, French and\nEnglish, and the cultural differences that Daniela can feel between her and her\nfather, she thanks him for the life full of adventures he got her to experience.\n“I have to focus on what he brought me and what he brings me today,”\nshe says with a smile, “We do not do a lot of things together now, we are both\nso busy. But we have to find time and create moments to enjoy together. ” As\nwe say good-bye, she promises to spend more time with him, aware of the love\nshe has for him on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer L., Reservation Agent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At only 25 years old, Jennifer impresses with her moving story, filled with\ndizzying turns, “I often say that my life is a dramatic comedy”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raised by a single-parent father, she remembers a happy childhood, that\ndidn\u2019t lack a thin, “an empty fridge is something I never experienced, it\nwas kind of like Narnia\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later on, when she was only 11 years old, her father was diagnosed HIV\npositive. A difficult moment of which she speaks with wisdom, “He is my\nidol, he redefined so many things. Life gave him many lessons and he changed a\nlot. ” Through this experience, Jennifer has learned resilience, the power\nof change, how to redefine an event in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father’s Day is above all a moment of introspection for Jennifer. Orphan at\nthe age 14 following the death of her father, she sees this period as a moment\nfor her, “What will be important for me, will be when I\u2019ll myself be a parent\neventually.” It is also an opportunity to thank the important figures who\nhave been there, throughout her life, including Shonda, the mother of one of\nher friends, who took her under her wing, “Today, I have an atypical\nfamily, which I have to reconstructed on my own\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At the time, we were a bit of a strange family, but my father made me\nembrace being different, being original. It allows me today to have a life that\nis exciting and surprising. I\u2019m able to live my truth. ” This confidence\nallowed her to excel in her studies and to walk, more than once, from Mexico to\nCanada. “He would have crazy ideas and would always want to take us along\nfor the ride.  I was often the one who had\nto bring him back to order, “she confesses in a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The memories of her father are numerous, and Jennifer cannot help but tell\nthem, her eyes shining with light, “I like to talk about my experience\ndespite the trauma, in order to destigmatize the whole thing”. She carries\nher father\u2019s advice and experience daily, giving her life the most beautiful\nhue, as a tribute, “I have fun, I\u2019m alive. “.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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