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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 600470" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Barbara, I do know my dad loved me but I have felt a whole lot of guilt for putting him through what I did. Maybe its because I know what its like from both sides of the coin. </p><p></p><p>My dad and I did have several fairly long talks over the years as difficult child 2 was going through his pretty tough years and I apologized many times to him for what I put him through and he always told me it was okay. Things were fine now. He was never a man big on emotions though so it was always dealt with in sort of humorous ways. My dad's father really wasnt in his life much so he didnt know how to father well either. It was a bit strange plus you add in the fact that he was born in the 20's, well we had a big generation gap. I do know though that the week before he died he called me and he was still strong enough to talk to me on the phone. He told me he loved me, he was proud of me and he was so glad he had me for his daughter. He told me I had given him the very best presents he could have ever gotten in the world...my boys and then the great grandchildren. </p><p></p><p>When I finally got up there to see him two days before he died, the last words he spoke to me were "I love you" and he kissed me on the cheek. easy child 2 had seen him about a week and a half before that and had spoken alone to him to have his last words with him and my dad had told him to make sure his father knew that my dad was so happy with how my husbannd had taken care of us all these years. You didnt get a better stamp of approval than that from my dad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 600470, member: 1514"] Barbara, I do know my dad loved me but I have felt a whole lot of guilt for putting him through what I did. Maybe its because I know what its like from both sides of the coin. My dad and I did have several fairly long talks over the years as difficult child 2 was going through his pretty tough years and I apologized many times to him for what I put him through and he always told me it was okay. Things were fine now. He was never a man big on emotions though so it was always dealt with in sort of humorous ways. My dad's father really wasnt in his life much so he didnt know how to father well either. It was a bit strange plus you add in the fact that he was born in the 20's, well we had a big generation gap. I do know though that the week before he died he called me and he was still strong enough to talk to me on the phone. He told me he loved me, he was proud of me and he was so glad he had me for his daughter. He told me I had given him the very best presents he could have ever gotten in the world...my boys and then the great grandchildren. When I finally got up there to see him two days before he died, the last words he spoke to me were "I love you" and he kissed me on the cheek. easy child 2 had seen him about a week and a half before that and had spoken alone to him to have his last words with him and my dad had told him to make sure his father knew that my dad was so happy with how my husbannd had taken care of us all these years. You didnt get a better stamp of approval than that from my dad. [/QUOTE]
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