Welcome, Ayan Kunnummal Rehman

Promises to Keep..
By Yours Truly..

As we hold you and look into your tiny eyes…
As you fill us, your Daddy and Umma with sheer awe…
Reminding us of our words to you nine months ago…
We want to say that we promise you this again…

We promise to make you our priority…
To give you a home filled with love and laughter..
To give you care, hugs and lots of kisses…
To make you our number one…

We promise to love and value each other…
To let you grow up in a happy and blessed abode…
To teach you the importance of a close-knit family…
To let you know that we’ll get through thick and thin together…

We promise to let you forge your own path…
To catch you when you fall, and to kiss away all your boo boos…
To set you back up on your own feet so you can find your destiny…
To grow up to be independent and strong willed…

We promise to pamper you and spoil you…
And to also discipline you when you go astray…
To be your parents first and foremost and then your friend…
To give you everything you need and the very best within our abilities…

We promise to let you explore and become whoever you choose to be…
To encourage you at every step and to allow you to rise and shine…
To always have your back and be right here when you need us…
To believe in you through every leg in your journey of life…

We promise to teach you to push yourself and to look for and achieve success…
To chase your personal dreams and goals and to set standards as high as the eye can see…
To not let any obstacle come in your way…
To know that you can you can achieve whatever you set your heart to…

But more importantly, we promise to teach you kindness and compassion…
To inculcate empathy, concern and consideration…
To help you become a better man who brings warmth and joy…
To be a ray of sunshine everyday in everyway…

We promise to love and cherish you and to be there for you…
To honor, mentor, guide and respect you as you take little steps in this big wide world…
And create a world of your own, leaving footprints in the sands of time…
This will remain our promise to you, today, tomorrow and till our last breath…

Welcome to this world, Ayan Kunnummal Rehman, our son!