Hi Christina,

Thank you for your support and your love.

I enjoy love and support.

I honestly do not want anyone to feel badly for me.
I wrote this to celebrate my dad and his perseverance with his struggles.

I had thought a lot about whether I would write or not.
In the past, I would have skipped it.

Not writing about my dad felt like I was denying him and the role he played in my life.

My dad struggled constantly. He had many wonderful qualities. Unfortunately , many were drowned out by his addiction and his MI.

He, did, I am sure, give it his best, even when were tempted to judge him and thought otherwise. I have since found out much more about HIS childhood. He was a very sad, angry, hurt, traumatized, lost little boy who had not yet found healing. Very SAD for him.

I feel like we can know the unhealthy parts of someone's life and continue to see the beauty of their Being, on all levels. They did the best they could do at the time.

We are all born into this world with our own challenges. We all have some unhealthy parts to our lives on some level.

We are all doing the best we can, even when we are struggling with committing to do the best we can do.

It's all grist for the mill.

Love and Healing ~