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A FATHERS DAY THREAD:
Hey everybody whose dad is not in the picture for one reason or another: I am right there with you.
Hey everybody whose dad is not in the picture for one reason or another: I am right there with you.
My dad died in 2011. We weren& #39;t estranged, but he was such a distant figure in my life that not a lot has changed in our relationship.
The week of my wedding, there was a dinner with all four of my fiancée& #39;s parents & my remaining one-- my dad.
My dad was more conversational at that dinner than I& #39;d ever seen him in my life (the martinis probably helped). Like, he really turned it on for company.
My fiancée& #39;s stepdad, an extremely sweet and outwardly loving person, at one point said to my dad, "You must be very proud of your son."
My dad replied, "Oh yes, I& #39;m very proud of him." I had never heard my father say those words before.
My father-in-law, who prompted my father to say those words, died in 2016. I am grateful to him for not just that experience...
...But also for the many moments of fatherly affection & affirmation he gave me, in my 40s, that I never quite received from my own dad growing up.
My dad was who he was & he did the best he could with the tools he had. I wish we could have been closer.
I will always be painfully aware that it was up to me to build that bridge and that I couldn& #39;t bring myself to do it.
