aja8888
Moderator Emeritus
Rob, thanks for sharing the story and how things are going now. It's amazing what can happen over time.
Some of this reminds me of the situation with my father, although I didn't get beaten as much and never kicked out but spent a lot of time on my own after 16 years of it. My dad never apologized (for a lot of bad stuff) but as he was dying of vodka poisoning, I flew to Connecticut from California to see him in the hospital and in his eyes I could see he was sorry for what he did to the family.
Since I was the only child who actually got away and get educated, I paid for the funeral and other debts he had.
Some of this reminds me of the situation with my father, although I didn't get beaten as much and never kicked out but spent a lot of time on my own after 16 years of it. My dad never apologized (for a lot of bad stuff) but as he was dying of vodka poisoning, I flew to Connecticut from California to see him in the hospital and in his eyes I could see he was sorry for what he did to the family.
Since I was the only child who actually got away and get educated, I paid for the funeral and other debts he had.