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FLteacher
January 2, 2008

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This is a tough one and one I even had to ask my mom if I could post because it is just so personal. The words were just flowing and it felt so therapeutic to be able to write it all down. Journaling reads: mom always said it was a disease but i could never understand how something so little could ruin so much. you let it get the best of you. there were so many things that i wanted to say to you and ask you but all of those things are left unsaid now. did you ever think about us? aside from the cards for every holiday, did you ever want to see my face after santa came? did you ever long to sit down and read me a book or get me a glass of juice? did you ever want to see me walk out of school and walk home with me? did you ever want to congratulate me for a job well done when i was at the top of my graduating class? did you ever think about us before you took a drink? how about homecoming and prom or the day that i played my first volleyball game? you know i graduated from college and i am a fourth grade teacher now. did you ever wonder if we resented you for breaking up our home? did you ever get jealous because we were lucky enough to have a dad that treats us just like his own? how about the fact that i wouldn't even have considered having you walk me down the aisle at my wedding. would that've hurt you? did it bother you that mom and bill walked heather down the aisle and gave her away? did it ever bother you that bill took your place and did a much better job? did it ever bother you that my sister was like my second mother? did it upset you that i was embarrassed to call you my dad when i was a teen? throughout the past thirty-one years, i have learned that alcoholism is a horrible thing and for that i am a stronger person. mom has taught me so much and i am ever so grateful that i am the person i am today because of HER. she was a mom and a dad and she did a great job. she taught me all of the things i needed to know about life and through every milestone she has been there. being an alcoholic really ruined your life and look where you are now because of it. i only hope that you are smiling down from heaven right now guiding me in the right direction. mom taught me how to forgive and be thankful for what you have and because of her i have let this all go. i hope you are in a better place now and even though i have resentment, you are still a part of me and i know that mom was right. alcoholism is a disease and it got the best of you.

***sigh*** thanks for looking!!!


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