My father, whom I adored, divorced my mother (after 25 years of marriage). He moved to a different city and I rarely saw him. They divorced when I was 7; he died when I was 25 - that was almost 30 years ago. Fortunately, I had an outstanding male therapist for 6 years in my late 20's-early 30's. That helped some. Overall, however, not having a father in my home really messed me up. I certainly don't expect ever to heal entirely from being a fatherless daughter. It's that much more painful because my older sisters did grow up with our father.