Family
November 30, 2017 Uncategorized 2 comments lgarand18
About 3 years ago I had decided that I did not want to go and visit my dad in the summer anymore. My dad lives in Wisconsin and my mom obviously lives here in Maine. I was now in high school and I wanted to spend time with my friends during the summer. I also started cheering so I got really busy and there was never time for me to go and see him. My brother and sister also live with my dad now so I do not get to see them very much either.
Both of our lives are just very busy, we live in different states so it is not like I can just call him up and ask to hang out for the day. For me to go and see him it cost a lot of money. So I went about 3 years without really seeing my dad and that is probably one of the worst mistakes I have ever made. I remember my dads house as one of those fun places because I had other siblings out there and they were older so they always had parties at our house. It was like the place I could go to escape from home where there were so many rules. My dad had rules but he did not at the same time. The first time I had really seen my dad after those 3 years was last January for about 3 days for a funeral and then he went back home. I had decided that I wanted to go and see my dad more because I had just felt like I did not really know him very well. My parents have been divorced since I was 5 and I used to see him every other weekend until he moved.
I still have a dad but I honestly do not talk to him on the phone very much because I just think it is very awkward and weird because he does not really completely know me as a person. Like he does and he does not at the same time. I love my dad but I just do not see him enough to really get that whole dad effect.
What I had decided to do about this was I went to see my dad for Christmas this past year. I went for about 2 weeks and then came home. I then realized in those two weeks how much I had missed going there. I missed seeing my family. I missed spending time with my brother and sister. I really missed my dad working on his race car and I had just really missed that house. I went back to visit my dad again over the summer for 2 weeks when my brother and sister went back from visiting my mom here. That is when I really realized how much I missed it there because summer is where you do everything. My step brother and my dad both race cars and I really missed going to those races over the summer. We just have a lot of fun there. So I decided that I am going to try to see my dad as much as possible because family is important and I do not want my family to forget who I am.
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2 Comments
I can relate to this as i don’t really know my dad either. I found when you included how much you missed seeing him and going to his house a very essential part of the story. I hope you get to see him much more now. How did you go about reconnecting with him? How hard was this for you to do?
I can also relate to this too, as I really don’t have a relationship with my father. I really agreed with you when you said he doesn’t really know you as a person and you don’t really get the whole dad effect because I feel the same exact way. I think it’s a good idea for you to keep going to see him in the summer because you enjoy it so much, and you only get one biological father.