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How It All Begins (and Ends) My parents (step-dad, and mom) have been married for just over 22 years now. Prior to them marrying, my mom had been married to my biological father, who was a real piece of work (drugs, crime, abuse), from what I've been told. My mom left him at some point after I was born. I don't know him, or ha more... - 2009/09/15

Reforging Relationships Tonight I'm going out to dinner with my dad. It'll be the first time I've really spoken to him since those frantic phone calls back and forth between he and my mom a week before my dad filed for divorce. It took my dad almost a week to respond to my response to his original email (as mentioned in th more... - 2009/09/15

And the Plot Thickens... Yesterday was my boyfriend's 25th birthday. In the morning, I got a phone call from my dad. He asked if my boyfriend was working, and I told him "no, it's Jon's birthday today." He told me he needed to talk to Jon and asked if I could have him call him. I made the stupid mistake of not asking my dad more... - 2009/09/15

The Tragic End It has been two-and-a-half years since my last post, and the story has recently taken its most tragic twist. First I need to add a little to my story below. There was a part that I deliberately left out of one of my entries, because of my fear of confronting the deeper issue behind it. I was afraid more... - 2009/09/15

Fighting the Devil I've come down with an out of season cold. I rarely get sick as it is, so the fact that I've been hit now is a testament to how stressed I am. But right now I have an even bigger illness to fight - my dad's addiction to methamphetamine. Monday morning, on the way out to work on BART, I was a complet more... - 2009/09/15

Father's Day It's Father's Day. I've been apprehensive about this day for a while now -- particularly since the incident with Jon and my dad happened. Friday I agonized over what to do. Do I send a card? Call my dad? Do nothing? Finally I settled on sending a card. I didn't want to do nothing at all. But I also more... - 2009/09/15