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Father's Day

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day and days like these can bring about memories and feelings - some beautiful and some difficult.

@Jynx and I were talking last night about creating a space where forum members can come to share, to offer support, to lessen the feeling of isolation on Father's Day.

This is a space to work through the beautiful and the difficult feelings that surface today.

You are not alone!

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My father was abusive and Mum and 4 of us kids left when I was 8. After that I didn't have a father. I found a man who claimed me as a daughter when I was 13 but he died 2 1/2 years later. I visited his plaque yesterday in a rose garden at the Church I attended back then. I hadn't seen it before so it just felt like the right time to visit. I don't know what I think about father's day. I guess we celebrate it for my husband and all the kids make sure to call him.

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Hi @Oaktree ,

Your experiences are your experiences. No one can tell you how to, or not to feel about Fathers' Day.

Please know we are sitting with you, even if it is hard.

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

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