Family

Father's Day is coming and it makes me miss my family, except I am sadly estranged from mine.  I come from a family of divorce, and so much time was wasted with anger and selfishness.  You never really know the other person's story until years later.  I wish I had paid more attention growing up.  Why is it that we finally come to some understanding in our older years.  Why is it when we are younger we are self-absorbed and only see our side of things.  Circumstances are never what they seem to be, only what young eyes see and want to hear.  I never appreciated my father as much as I do now.  He is all I have left of my family as my siblings and I are no longer in contact and my mother has Alzheimer's and does not know who I am, so this Father's Day is somehow strangely sad and yet not sad.  I thank God for what I have, and I thank God for my father.  I love you Dad!
Posted by Anna