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It reminds me of what I believe about secrets in families. I believe that secrets create a feeling of shame that lives deep inside of a person and is past on to generations, a shame that families can’t identify. That sense of abandonment deep within your father was past on in some form that no one can identify. I am so thrilled that it has all come together for your in this ode to your father.

As an aside or maybe not an aside I reflected on my own upbringing and wished that my father felt okay about going away without my mother and enjoying himself but not in the way your dad did but in a message that it is okay to be separate to do separate things and come back together not having left a stream of pain with others but in a reunion that brings everyone back together.

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This is beautiful!

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I love this one ! And want to go to Rideouts.

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