Many of us have difficult relationships with our parents. Those relationships have caused us the most pain in our lives and even if that parent is no more the pain unfortunately, often lives on. Recently, a sister I know lost her father, one with whom she had shared she did not have a relationship. But she is mourning his death and she told me that she had not expected it to be so painful. While she did not say this, I deduced that she is mourning what can never be. She can never have a relationship with that man who was partly responsible for her being here and he can no longer answer her many questions.
She is attempting to chronicle her pain and the grieving process and below she puts some of her pain into words.
“Resemblance can be traumatic and hurtful at times. Depression, rejection and frustration just to mention a few, not minor but major issues were things that tampered with my soul,” she wrote candidly.