{{{{{{AAAAA}}}}}}}} I'm sorry about your father.

I have to try and realize that my brother did some awful things to his daughter, and she left home when she was 12, never to return. I know she tried to not have any contact with him because of it. My family and I were estranged from him - it's just a bad situation all around.

I tried telling her she wasn't alone, that I was available for whatever she needed, but to no avail. It's hard at any age, let alone at 19, to handle all this and pacify me.

I'm working on this, hopefully in the right direction this time.

Mary Alice