Guys when you’re looking back wondering why your daughter is holding the hand of another man and calling him Daddy also, please see. When you left her mother crying in the bathroom. When she’d asked for you to stay and to talk. When you closed the door and felt the weight lift from your shoulders and felt you’d never seen the steps so clearly. When you slammed your truck door and felt alive again and slammed on the gas and tore from the driveway and left them all. Hindsight is within reach if you see.
mtaggartwriter 
It took me sixty years to grow up,I still can’t get it rite now I have a nine year old I am still trying to figure out what to tell her to make it all right,
Love the words
As always Sheldon
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You’ve no idea how close to home this hit. My father abandoned us when I was only two. I never knew him and spent a lifetime trying to fill that void until the day he died. I still grieve for a relationship that will never be. Thank you for this. ❤
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That’s awful and I’m sorry. You seem to be the exact opposite. I can’t, and never will, side with a parent who abandons. In my opinion it’s among the most cowardly of actions. -On a different note, it’s sunny out and I hope you have a good morning/day!
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Thank you. I’ve tried very hard to be everything that my father was not. I hope you had a terrific day as well! 🙂
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Powerful!
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I am so pleased that I read this. I had quite an emotional response to your writing. Well done!
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