Wow! That is incredibly sad. I can not even imagine my friend. Prayers for you. Today being Father’s Day the 51st one since my Father passed when I was 13 I think that I have in my head and heart confused him and God and so I am grateful beyond words because there was never the slightest doubt in my mind that my Father loved me more then Heaven and earth and would have given his life for me. 🙏🛐☦️
Wow! Yes. All that. Mom and I were abandoned by my "father" when I was a baby. I never knew him. I often feel the loss, but I mostly feel sorry for him, as he had no idea what a loving, loyal daughter he could have shared his life with. Fathers' Day comes and goes... Thank you for this sympathetic moment, Orli.
Orli, you are a gem. I had just spent some minutes with a friend, assuring her that she was surviving beautifully the absence of a father she could admire and be recognized by and celebrated on Father’s Day instead of the messed up one she had. Or, actually a father-daughter relationship she no longer agreed to have. You have a way of nailing it with your drawings and humor. I nod and nod in agreement as I travel the lashings of your mind. Thank you for making it so real.
Thank you for this!
Wow! That is incredibly sad. I can not even imagine my friend. Prayers for you. Today being Father’s Day the 51st one since my Father passed when I was 13 I think that I have in my head and heart confused him and God and so I am grateful beyond words because there was never the slightest doubt in my mind that my Father loved me more then Heaven and earth and would have given his life for me. 🙏🛐☦️
So glad you have that memory and love to hold on to. Thanks for reading.
Oh and I forgot to mention he is a Viking!
Wow! Yes. All that. Mom and I were abandoned by my "father" when I was a baby. I never knew him. I often feel the loss, but I mostly feel sorry for him, as he had no idea what a loving, loyal daughter he could have shared his life with. Fathers' Day comes and goes... Thank you for this sympathetic moment, Orli.
So, this is what a healthy attitude looks like. You could have saved me years of therapy.
Orli, you are a gem. I had just spent some minutes with a friend, assuring her that she was surviving beautifully the absence of a father she could admire and be recognized by and celebrated on Father’s Day instead of the messed up one she had. Or, actually a father-daughter relationship she no longer agreed to have. You have a way of nailing it with your drawings and humor. I nod and nod in agreement as I travel the lashings of your mind. Thank you for making it so real.
Sorry for your friend. Waiting for Hallmark to make cards for arsehole dads. Thanks for these lovely words.
Oh, my. Similar experiences here. Also makes me think of Mariana in the Moated Grange: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45365/mariana
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Thanks for sharing this. Off to enjoy it now.