Netherlands-Based Meru Lady Longing To Reunite With Father Who Abandoned Her At Age 3

• Fridah Mukiri Harriet was looking for her father 30 years after he left home following a disagreement with her mum
• The young lady with one beautiful daughter was ready to put the past behind them and reconcile as father and daughter
• The Netherlands-based Meru woman begged her father to show up for his granddaughter, who needed his presence

A young lady brought up by a single mum after her father abandoned her when she was three years old is ready to reunite with him.

Fridah Mukiri Harriet said she was willing to meet her father, Zakayo Kinyua Mbaabu and reconcile despite the lost years.

Despite the challenging upbringing without him, she grew up to be a forgiving and understanding woman.

Looking for lost father 30 years years

The mum of one said regardless of the misunderstanding the father had with her mum, she was ready to put it behind them.

"I have forgiven you. I don't care about the years lost because now I understand the best timing is always when everything aligns. So no future, no past. It wasn't easy growing up without you, and I have suffered the consequences. I somehow feel now my daughter, your granddaughter deserves your presence. You have time to make it up.

Please don't show up for me. I am all grown now to carry my cross. So little or nothing you can do for me now but show up for her. She is at the age when you left me. Bit older. I understand you left before I could even turn three years. She is six years. She has everything but doesn't have you yet, so complete that circle for her and I will be happy," Mukiri said.

Growing up without father

The Netherlands-based woman said she was still proud of her father because she carried her father's DNA.

Mukiri noted her mother taught her and her siblings not to speak ill of their absent father despite what happened.

"I still laugh though why she loved you this much. She somehow infected the whole love to us too. We have grown to be very wonderful girls," she added.

Protecting parents on social media

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, the Meru-born lady said she would not want to be judgemental to her father.

"I want to protect my mum and my father, too, in the information I have provided. My dad knows our names since we have not changed them.

My daughter still has grandparents in the Netherlands, so she is not so lonely. She does not ask much about her grandfather, now my father, who is missing," the 33-year-old lady added.

The loving mother noted her mum brought her and her sibling well, encouraging them never to speak ill of their father.

She said the mum spoke highly of her husband despite leaving his family and, most importantly, his daughter when she was young.

"I still laugh though why she loved you this much. She somehow infected the whole love to us too. We have grown to be very wonderful girls. So you see, it's a bit embarrassing to wash our dirty linens out here, but you left me no choice when I realized if I don't push this one high button, then I may keep waiting like mum, thus denying my daughter the chance to still play with you," Mukiri said.

Ethiopian lady reunites with father

In another story, tears flew as a lady finally met her dad after 19 years during her return from the US.

A lady who was sent to the United States of America at two returned to her family after 19 years.

The Ethiopian lady, Kalkidan, said her father was the first to leave home in search of greener pastures, and they lost contact for over eight years.

Before Kalkidan's father was found, she had already left home and travelled to America, where she lived until their reunion.