Sharing about the writing contest "Father and Daughter", author Vien Nguyet Ai wrote: "Knowing about the contest, I found a place filled with love to express my feelings and memories of my father.
I was a contestant in the 2nd "Father and Daughter" Writing Contest in 2024 and was honored to receive the award with joy and emotion mixed together. Every time I think back to this memory, my gratitude rises up as if it were still fresh.
I still remember the words shared by Journalist Ho Minh Chien - Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Family Magazine, Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest at the award ceremony of the 2nd "Father and Daughter" writing contest: "The love between father and daughter never gets old, will always be a sacred emotional bond connecting good values that if not expressed through written pages, it is difficult to approach".
People's Artist Hoang Cuc also shared: "When I heard about the writing contest "Father and Daughter", I immediately wrote because just mentioning my father, memories like a slow-motion film came flooding back, making emotions flow onto the page."
Indeed it is so. The words of love and stories about father-daughter love - especially between father and daughter - are always something so quiet, just as quietly as a gentle stream flowing to the vast source of love that can be felt deep in the hearts of those involved. Sometimes wanting to put it into words, but it is so difficult, so immense.
If you are a father with a daughter, or a daughter of a father, surely everyone has at least a few times been shy when expressing their affectionate concern, love, and heartfelt gratitude for each other in certain circumstances that urge them to express.
I was like that too, embarrassed to open my mouth and say "I'm grateful to you, Dad! I love you, Dad!", so even though I loved my dad so much, I hid it, not knowing if he felt it or not, but when he passed away... I was surprised to realize that I no longer had the chance to express anything to him. Therefore, when I came across the writing contest "Father and Daughter" launched by Vietnam Family Magazine, I felt like I found a place filled with love to express my feelings and longing for my dad, to share stories full of father-daughter love hidden deep in my memories...
The contest itself is full of meaning and highlights in the images and stories between "Father and Daughter" that made me realize that this unchanging love not only makes the person involved (the contestant) feel peaceful and steadfast in the face of all storms and hardships... but can also make many outsiders (readers) when hearing and witnessing each story written by different individuals on this topic feel moved by the strong, noble bond of family love, the extremely profound presence of "father and daughter" that almost everyone recognizes.
I seemed to hear the father's joy overflowing through the pages when reading the article by author Trinh Dinh Nghi: "That night, when you were born, it was raining and windy, and besides the midwife, there was only your father and your mother. So when you were born, your father was the first person to hold his daughter in his arms. The sound of your cry also meant that his happiness also exploded. That indescribable feeling followed him throughout his life."
And as if witnessing the decisive moment, the father's absolute support for his daughter; the daughter's lingering regret when she had not yet had a chance to shine brightly before her father returned to dust: "Decades have passed, I still remember clearly what my father said when he knew I had won the singing contest: "You have to go. Leave your family and go. Only art can make your soul free. Only then can you live as yourself. My father passed away without having witnessed my maturity in art. Perhaps that is the greatest regret that life has made me bear" (People's Artist Hoang Cuc).
I was absorbed in reading the book "Father and Daughter", reading many entries, and also putting myself in the role of a reader to feel the "heartfelt voice" of the authors when talking about their fathers and children, which made me moved and exclaim in my heart about the beautiful stories about the deep, passionate, and colorful love of "Father and Daughter": there was joy and happiness, there were smiles and tears, there was also sorrow, torment, tolerance and comfort... Those full, full emotions filled up through each word also made my soul become gentle in the midst of the hasty rotation of life.
There is a message that I vaguely remember when I accidentally heard it somewhere a long time ago: "Father is the first hero of the daughter and the daughter is the eternal love of the father". I still understand the meaning of that magical feeling, but it was not until I put pen to paper and participated in this special meaningful contest that I truly opened my emotions, had the opportunity to open my heart, understand more about the topic "Father and daughter" to fully appreciate that sacred value.
Thank you Vietnam Family Magazine! Thank you "Father and Daughter" contest for being a bridge to extend stories filled with love!
Source: https://giadinhonline.vn/tim-thay-noi-gui-gam-thuong-nho-ve-cha-tu-cuoc-thi-viet-cha-va-con-gai-d204984.html
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