Are you this man’s father?

There were also more work opportunities in London. My mother tells me that these were some of the reasons he felt uncomfortable living in Denmark.

He called us a couple of times over the years, but when I turned 10, he stopped writing or calling. As I write this, I have no idea where he is or how to find him.

I am writing this in the hope that he, or someone who knows him or his whereabouts, will get in touch with me.

Going by the information I have, my father’s full names are Patrick Michael Ndirangu. He is around 43 years now. I do not know whether he is married or not or whether he has another family. I have a few pictures of him, including one where he is holding me when I was much younger.

Curious

You might be wondering why I want to find him after all these years.

I believe that every child has a right to know his father, especially when that child is male.

Drawing from my experience, I know that the last thing I would want is for my children to grow up without a father.

Growing up, I did wonder how differently my life would have been had I grown up with a father, but I told myself that there must have been a purpose for how my life turned out.

However, when I sometimes argued with my mother, as parents and children sometimes do, I would tell her that had I known where my father was, I would have gone to live with him.

This was insensitive, said in a fit of anger, and I would regret saying it because my mother is the best parent any child would be proud to have.

I admire her a lot, and she raised me well. She never got married and, on her own, raised me to be the man I am today.

For this, I am indebted to her for the rest of my life. She has no objection about my looking for my father.

She, too, believes that I should get to know him and hopes that my search will be successful.

I am curious to meet my father, to see whether I resemble him or whether I am like him in any way.

I am also curious to know whether I will experience some other aspects of life that I might have missed by not having him around.

Of course, I am a bit scared of the outcome, but my determination to find him overrides this fear.

If he is reading this, I want Patrick to know that I completed college last year. I graduated from one of the best sports colleges in Denmark.