A child is a father’s immortality ..... his way of living on, even after his breath has stilled, even when his eyes no longer open, even when he exists only as a memory to others. In his children, he continues to live — it’s his way of leaving a piece of his spirit behind, a quiet promise that he will never be truly gone.
You are right .... as time passes, it becomes harder for him to believe that love alone is enough to fill that emptiness. When he looks into the mirror he sees his image slowly fading, it must ache deeply inside.
So if your heart tells you that you don’t wish to have a child, then face that truth together — with honesty, courage, and love. Because some decisions, though painful, are what define the deepest kind of understanding between two souls.
