07/09/2026
Most of us are incredibly proud to be part also of this group of real warriors, together we can make a change in this Country let's do it for the Children of Malta for the future of this country ๐ฒ๐น๐ช๐ป soon Father's warriors Foundation will help all Fathers that suffering from this bad System. No more earning for them, no more easy cash, we gonna teach people how to avoid useless expenses and timeless court procedures!!
Today Sunday, 6th September, I turn another year older.
I could write about my birthday, about myself, or about the things I have achieved in life. But when I look back, I realise that my greatest achievement has never been a number, a page, or anything material.
๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐งโค๏ธ
It has been a 12 year journey since it all began, a journey that included mediation, conflicts, difficult moments, setbacks, and ultimately years of ๐
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ proceedings.
Twelve years of trying, collaborating, fighting, hoping, waiting and, at times, wondering how much longer I could keep going.
There were also times when I had to open further cases simply to make sure my son received what he needed, including educational and healthcare expenses (๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ ๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐ฤงฤง๐), expenses that should never have become another battle when it comes to a child's wellbeing. Things that, as parents, we should never have to fight over.
Eventually, through the decisions of the Court, those responsibilities were met. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ. It was another difficult lesson in how far a father sometimes has to go simply to ensure his child gets what he needs. But those experiences taught me something that goes far beyond money or court orders.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ. ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ.
And perhaps that was one of the hardest lessons of all.
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๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐. ๐
๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐
๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐
๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ.
And I will never take that for granted.
Through everything Iโve been through, I found a greater purpose in life, helping others who were and are facing struggles of their own.
I had the opportunity to support ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ and to be there for people during some of their darkest moments, including those who felt they could no longer go on and were considering taking their own life, reminding them that they were not alone and that life was still worth fighting for.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ โค๏ธ
๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐.
I never expected that.
But perhaps sometimes the hardest experiences in life give us the opportunity to help someone else who is walking the same difficult road.
If there is one thing my journey has taught me, it is this:
๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง. ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ.
And then there's us two... ๐โค๏ธ
Give us the sea, our diving suits and some octopus hiding among the rocks, and we're happy. ๐๐
Although these days, I have to admit something...
๐๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! ๐
And honestly?
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐.
Because one of the greatest things a father can experience is watching his son become better than him.
On my birthday, I don't need much.
I have my son beside me.
I have the memories we've created together.
I have a purpose.
And I have a life that I once had to fight incredibly hard to build.
๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Five years living together.
Twelve years since the journey began.
One incredible son.
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๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. โค๏ธ
I also want to take a moment to thank ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ซ, who stood beside us throughout this long journey.
Thank you for your ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, especially during the moments when the road seemed endless.
There were difficult days, but you never stopped standing beside us and helping us move forward.
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๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ. โค๏ธ
And to every person who has followed this page, shared a story, reached out for support, offered encouragement, or simply believed that every parent and every child deserves to be heard, thank you.
More than ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ have now become part of this journey.
I never started this page knowing where it would lead.
I simply started it because I knew what it felt like to struggle, to feel unheard, and to wonder whether anyone understood.
If sharing my experience has helped even one parent feel less alone, then every difficult moment was worth something.
๐๐,๐๐๐ + ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ.
I hope we continue to work towards more equality, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐.
Because at the end of everything, beyond the arguments, the cases, the paperwork, the money and the battles,
๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ.
And for me, on this birthday, I already have the greatest gift life could have given me.
๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. โค๏ธ
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๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐.
๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐๐โค๏ธ
