I am so glad you shared your post with me! I’m thrilled to find another writer coping with dad issues. They creep into every aspect of life, don’t they? I look forward to reading more about how you’ve managed to deal. Thanks so much for writing.

Can we be best friends?

A blogpost about my relationship with my father, a uni-polar depressive and (recovering?)drug addict.

I’m going to add you to my blogroll if you don’t mind.

This is so true & so easy to forget!

Sometimes during friends/family crises, I tie myself up in knots with the “I don’t know what to say/do” and so vanish.

Being present is a greater gift than we often think it is.

I’m so glad you’re writing, Madeline Yoda.

But it IS good to take Anne Lamott’s advice, which says that when a loved one is in trouble, sometimes just showing up is enough.

You know I’ve got a Handful Dad as well and just this past weekend I was again attempting to save him from himself. Your post reminded me that my real role is to love him – and to call home more often.

Thanks also for reminding me that no matter how many times we fail to live up to even lowered expectations, we still each hold the possibility of change within us, until our very last breath.

And, that belief is a beautiful, hopeful, feathered thing.