Daddy's girl
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Date: 06 February 2008 10:19:16
My Dad makes me cry. It's official. He sent me a lovely email today, although he sent it to my work email which meant I started crying in the office. Not a good look when you are meant to be a hard-bitten professional social worker.
I know that Mum and Dad knew how difficult it was for me at the weekend but my Dad can be so uncommunicative at times that it can be nigh on impossible to have a sensible discussion with him about things. He is very English in this way I guess, but every now and then he surprises me. Dad has bailed me out so many times, in lots of ways, but especially financially and I know that it is one of the primary ways in which he demonstrates his love, but for someone like me who wants to talk about things it doesn't always feel like enough! I guess we are very different people and he deals with things in totally different ways to how I deal with them, which can mean that we clash. I am trying to learn to read his ways but it can be so bloody frustrating at times!! He is an amazing Dad though and the closing words to me on his email were, "This is a “Love Dad” letter, where I cannot really express how we love you and want the best for you. You are not second best in our eyes." He is an fabulous Dad though and whilst I am not sure he will ever find this blog (sometimes I hope he doesn't!) I just want to say that I love him very much.