Posted by Dinah on December 12, 2005, at 10:24:27
In reply to Re: But what really hurt was her words, lack of lo » Dinah, posted by happyflower on December 12, 2005, at 9:25:11
I don't ever remember either of my parents telling me they loved me, or hugging me much. It might have happened when I was really little. I used to sit on Daddy's lap, and I remembered when I grew too old and he started pushing me off. I suspect you're a bit younger than I am, but I wonder how common it was to have outward displays of affection back then. Did he have other ways of showing you love?
That lake trip sounds like fun. I used to love the things that Daddy and I did, just together. I'd guard them jealously. We went to the racetrack together every Saturday during racing season.
Do you have any contact with your father's fairly normal family? I never was much in contact with the few members of Daddy's family until the very end of his life, but now I have a pretty good, if casual, relationship with one of my cousins. It's nice to keep in contact with someone else who loved him, and I hope that you have that in your life as well.
My Daddy died around Christmastime too. In fact, a year from this Thursday. Do you think the anniversary is stirring things up for you a bit?
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