Reply #8: My dad is great [View All]

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I am so sorry yours wasn't. All too often that is the case.

My dad was a great athlete. He actually got a try out for major league baseball and was invited to play in Japan. I am both untalented and uninterested in athletics. He never once pressured me to be interested in athletics. When, at age 9, I told him I wouldn't play baseball I never heard a word. He was proud of my interest in and talent in music and proud of my academic achievement. He was a great dad that way.

He stuck by me through my addiction and my recovery. He accepted my homosexuality. He will be 71 this year. I am so glad he is my father.