Comments on: Dad - Day ? http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/ A little bit of this, and a little bit of that Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: indigo bunting http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/comment-page-1/#comment-396 indigo bunting Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:10:01 +0000 http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/#comment-396 Heartbreaking. And I become completely catatonic at home too, it seems... Heartbreaking.

And I become completely catatonic at home too, it seems…

]]> By: Dona http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Dona Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:15:11 +0000 http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/#comment-323 Thanks Matt. I do love him, but his condition makes it very hard to show him. Thanks Matt. I do love him, but his condition makes it very hard to show him.

]]> By: matt http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320 matt Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:41:18 +0000 http://dponline.org/weblog/2007/06/13/dad-day/#comment-320 I'm very sorry to hear about your father's condition. My wife's father has some issues too, apparently not as bad as your father (he lives independently and the exact nature/extent of his issues are difficult to say), but ever since my mother-in-law's death, my father-in-law (they were divorced) has been blaming my wife (and by extension, of course, her evil lawyer husband up there in Chicago--he lives in St. Louis) for things she didn't do and apparently intends to never speak with his daughter again. I, on the other hand, have been very lucky in my family, relatively good health all around, parents together, good siblings (3 brothers and a sister), and I can't help always thinking how hard that must be for my wife--she lost her mother (untimely, due to cancer, early 60's), and then now this with her father. Of course, she loves him because he is her father, but there doesn't appear to be anything she can do about it, though she has tried. But my wife does have a good brother, so that is some comfort. Which is to say, I wish you and your father well, and I wish I had some advice, but it sounds like you well know how much you love him, and it's not his fault, and that is the best one can do I think, to keep remembering that. I’m very sorry to hear about your father’s condition. My wife’s father has some issues too, apparently not as bad as your father (he lives independently and the exact nature/extent of his issues are difficult to say), but ever since my mother-in-law’s death, my father-in-law (they were divorced) has been blaming my wife (and by extension, of course, her evil lawyer husband up there in Chicago–he lives in St. Louis) for things she didn’t do and apparently intends to never speak with his daughter again. I, on the other hand, have been very lucky in my family, relatively good health all around, parents together, good siblings (3 brothers and a sister), and I can’t help always thinking how hard that must be for my wife–she lost her mother (untimely, due to cancer, early 60’s), and then now this with her father. Of course, she loves him because he is her father, but there doesn’t appear to be anything she can do about it, though she has tried. But my wife does have a good brother, so that is some comfort. Which is to say, I wish you and your father well, and I wish I had some advice, but it sounds like you well know how much you love him, and it’s not his fault, and that is the best one can do I think, to keep remembering that.

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