One certain night, while baby Hee-young was sleeping, he decided to have a light reading to free his mind, at least for some minutes, so he looked into his shelves and found a book which he had read a long time ago: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

People often say that when you read a book for a second time, you see something in it you didn't see the first one, that's why every single time you reread a book, you can find new meanings.

He was so focused on Santiago's life's struggles, delighted by Hemingway's concise writing style and trying to catch the details and meanings he had missed the first time, that he had lost the sense of time.

He was coming to the end when he found some words which made him reconsider his own life.

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is".

And, just as his parents did many years ago, so he did.

Instead of thinking on the things he had lost, such as his parents, his job or his girlfriend; he focused on his new life with Hee-young and she became the center of his world.

Sometimes, he enjoyed too much his time with Hee-young that he often forgot that he was supposed to act as a parent and not as brother.

Contrary to what he had thought before, she made his life so much easier, she helped him to find comfort and little moments of joy in the middle of the darkness

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Contrary to what he had thought before, she made his life so much easier, she helped him to find comfort and little moments of joy in the middle of the darkness. Watching her growing up as a smart and healthy little girl was so satisfying and he couldn't be prouder of her.

Of course there were still times when he felt he had no idea what he was doing. Trivial things, such as how to do a basic ponytail or how to choose the right clothes for her, gave him headaches and it always ended with the little Hee-young not having idea about how cute yet ridiculous she looked because of the poorly made ponytail or garments that did not match.

 Trivial things, such as how to do a basic ponytail or how to choose the right clothes for her, gave him headaches and it always ended with the little Hee-young not having idea about how cute yet ridiculous she looked because of the poorly made po...

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The most awkward situations were when they went on a trip alone and Hee-young needed to go to the bathroom, because she wasn't old enough to go on her own, but he neither could take her to the men restroom.

The most awkward situations were when they went on a trip alone and Hee-young needed to go to the bathroom, because she wasn't old enough to go on her own, but he neither could take her to the men restroom

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