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Pamela's avatar

This is touching. Having gone through this with Mother, I understand more than you know. As the youngest, and also the one that moved away, I had far less to do with her being moved from her home.

My 2 sisters dealt with it all. For the very reason of living away meant never having a regular conversation, is the reason I still felt guilty. I told my sisters, I did my time as a teenager and she was hateful and negative, plus I don’t have a place large enough. Meaning there is nowhere on earth I could have that would be far enough away .

I did visit maybe once a year, until it got to be too expensive because I just got out of a 20year marriage with little to show for it money wise.

She knew me when I first showed up. She promptly forgot me and was gone the whole time I was there.

I never saw her again and I can FEEL your pain about the tiny flicker of a possible relationship being snatched away.

I’m so sorry you have gone through this difficult process. It is so hard to know what to do.

But never ever feel guilty about making sure your father was safe..... your writing is quite good and you take your readers on a journey. You do it very well.

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Natalie Arriola's avatar

I can very much relate, only for me it's my mother. I don't think wondering whether you love him or not makes you a bad person or son or whatever else. It's just the truth and the truth is always a good thing. You should definitely write a screenplay about that relationship. The stories that come from the heart are always the best ones, at least that's what I think. <3

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