When my father told me he was dating someone and wanted me to meet her, I was relieved.My dad's love life was fairly peripheral to my childhood. His job took him away from home, and he kept small flats wherever he was working that year. His love life stayed with his work life, and my childhood home

When I got word that my father had passed away, it had been in a cold, awkward, impersonal email days after the fact. That wasn't surprising; "cold, awkward, and impersonal" described our relationship to a T. Months later, I sat in a lawyer’s officer, ostensibly to learn about Dad’s will. I

He’d have driven from work to see us, calling me to tell me he was on his way. Now all I have are memories that send me into a tailspin of anxiety and depression.Continue reading 

“‘Dad, you were always there for me,’” I read. “Except when you weren’t,” I add out loud.Continue reading 

This year, I’ve gathered a few gifts for your dad that I think he’ll love, or will at least distract him from the fact that his offspring has come up vastly short of his once starry-eyed expectations.Continue reading