I think the three daughters were all holding their breath until Hank Marvin made his grand entrance at the concert. This was the moment we’d been praying for, that my ah Pa would get to see his ultimate idol play some of his favourite songs live. Hank didn’t disappoint, his guitar playing was so beautiful and his sound was so clear and amazing. I can see why my father worshipped him growing up. The songs he played, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, familiar songs that we’ve heard our father play over and over since our youth. It still amazes me to hear my own daughter playing and singing to Summer Holiday, her guitar teacher being none other than her favourite Gung Gung.
When Saitaoha and Saitaomei were born, I realised how hard my parents worked to allow us to build the foundation for all our dreams to come true. As parents, we want our children to have the best lives, we want them to live their dreams. But I realised that as we grow older, we not only want to make our children’s dreams come true, we also want our parents’ dreams to come true!
I hope my parents enjoyed themselves and we can continue making wonderful memories together as a family.
daitaoha 