I agree with everything you've got here. After I lost touch with my Dad (we didn't fall out or anything, he just moved really far away) my life definitely went downhill. It was only when I got older and realised how important he was that I started doing everything I could to please him. I desperately wanted him to be proud of me. I got a job at a posh insurance company. My husband (then boyf) got a job in defense. He called me after I got my job and told me that I had proved him wrong and that he was glad of it. Glad that I had grown past his expectations. He died three years ago, two months before I got married. Saying goodbye to him was the hardest thing I've ever done. I couldn't imagine where I would be today if it wasn't for him.
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