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September 28, 2012 @ 4:23 p.m. | ||||||||
My father is but a man | ||||||||
It took a simple, but heated call from an angry father. A phone call of mistaken identities. It was after-- a man forsaking his arrogance and pride and bathed in tears-- that crumbled my wall of hurt and righteous anger. I forgave my father. I was no longer seething in wounds I often mistook for hate. No. I, for the first time in more than a decade, knew no bitter aftertaste with the love I felt for the man. And it is a lighter love. A free love. There are still times I do not like him. Times my clenched jaws lead to headaches. But at least, I understand him. And I love him. |
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