one year

May 04, 2020 19:03

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my father's death. Not really sure what emotions I should really be feeling ( Read more... )

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ext_6180953 October 10 2022, 01:39:04 UTC
You're father without question loved you. Maybe he treated you differently then the others, but he did the best he could and most likley spent many many nights anguished in regret, wishing he was strong enough to make things right. He may have failed you which is a good reason to be upset, but he definitely loved you and was proud of you. Life is brutal and not having a reliable father makes life even more brutal your words of reflection only prove even if difficult to organize your forever bond with him...the good the bad...you were his first born daughter and im willing to bet he smiled the biggest smile he just about ever smiled when you were born. Put yourself in his shoes. Loosing you and your brothers and sisters (even if a choice) was one of the most devasting times of his life and he probably never truly could forgive himself for it and just as many troubled men do he retreated into his darker emotions and used anger and jidgments to cope, his inability to handle your mother feuled his denials and mistakes never admitting to ( ... )

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