parent trends 2016

I resented the man you became, Dad. I truly resent you, even to this day. But I will use your failures as a way of guiding myself through fatherhood. Consider it your contribution to my life, years after you had given up on me, that I will never end up alone and away from the people I love.

As weeks, months and years fly by, we are all missing opportunities to talk about real things -- important things -- with our parents.