Examples

Respecting, loving, and cherishing women often comes from the example set by a son's father. Demanding to be respected, loved, and cherished often comes from the example set by a daughter's father. Sons grow to resent their father for the treatment of their mother. And daughters have been known to search for their father's love and acceptance inside the walls of someone else's bedroom.

How has resentment played into your life? Have you experienced or witnessed the search for love and acceptance?

Absent Fathers

What does it take inside of you to not call your child, to not remember birthdays, to not show up at their little league games. I wonder about the turmoil that a father experiences. I wonder if a playground gives them flashbacks. I wonder what they say if someone asks, "Do you have children." Their story has never been told. I simply wonder....if they wonder. And if their pain comes anywhere near the pain they create through their absence.

What are your thoughts? Do you think absent fathers suffer emotionally?