WhenIwasgrowingupIdonotrecallhearingthewordsIloveyoufrommyfather.Whenyourfatherneversaysthemtoyouwhenyouareachild,itgetstougherandtougherforhimtosaythosewordsashegetsolder.Totellthetruth,IcouldnothonestlyrememberwhenIhadlastsaidthosewordstohimeither.Idecidedtosetmyegoasideandmakethefirstmove.Aftersomehesitation,inournextphoneconversationIblurtedoutthewords,DadIloveyou!

　　Therewasasilenceattheotherendandheawkwardlyreplied,Well,samebackatya!

　　Ichuckledandsaid,Dad,Iknowyouloveme,andwhenyouareready,Iknowyouwillsaywhatyouwanttosay.

　　Fifteenminuteslatermymothercalledandnervouslyasked,Paul,iseverythingokay?

　　Afewweekslater,Dadconcludedourphoneconversationwiththewords,Paul,Iloveyou.IwasatworkduringthisconversationandthetearswererollingdownmycheeksasIfinallyheardthelove.Aswebothsatthereintearswerealizedthatthisspecialmomenthadtakenourfather/sonrelationshiptoanewlevel.

　　Ashortwhileafterthisspecialmoment,myfathernarrowlyescapeddeathfollowingheartsurgery.Manytimessince,Ihaveponderedthethought,ifIdidnottakethefirststepandDaddidnotsurvivethesurgery,Iwouldhaveneverheardthelove.这是原文你可以对对看