WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE

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For the Fatherless on Father's Day

For the Fatherless on Father's Day

Living with unresolved struggle is an art

Lauren Maxwell
Jun 12, 2021
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Georgia O'Keeffe. Lake George, Coat and Red. 1919 | MoMA
Lake George, Coat and Red, Georgia O'Keeffe,1919



You got an email describing your father’s new family for Christmas. No apologies; no regret for actions that pushed you to this place. No signs of the person called Dad.

It will be five years since you’ve seen him this July—and you’re a different person now. You like the woman you’ve become but your father …

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