I'm starting this thread for anybody who wants to write about their fathers.

Father's Day is always hard.

My Father has been gone for 15 years now. I loved my Father very much, but we weren't close until later in life. He was very old fashioned and didn't want me to go to college, even though I was an excellent student. This made it harder for me to succeed in life, I did eventually get a chance to go back to college, but I was always behind people my own age. Can't go backwards -- can only go forward. I'm glad I have faith in God, b/c otherwise I would have given up long before now.

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. Like many of you, I wish things had been different between us. While I am bright, I have always been lacking in the confidence department. I think it's fathers through their involvement with their daughters that give a girl her confidence. This same confidence can help protect girls in the future against men who do not have their best interest at heart., or may want to use them.

Hugs,

EJ