25 years - that's so awesome Mark! I really like and respect that you were able to forgive your father and move forward in healing yourself. A great role model!
Discovering your father's unknown perspective on his life provided a relieving breakthrough in your perspective of him. Praise God! It only goes to show how vital it is for folks to try to be as transparent as possible with each other so that we don't harbor unfounded misconceptions about each other (or ourselves). "To know all is to forgive all," or as Oswald Chambers said, "Every time we judge another, we condemn ourselves (Romans 2:17–21). We must stop using a measuring stick for other people. There is always one fact more, in every person’s case, about which we know nothing."
As a person whom struggled with alcoholism and have been sober for the past 10 years for the sake of my family, your story really hit home. Really happy you found peace and closure towards your father. Thank you Mark for sharing this with us!^_^
I put a lot of work and prayer into it and finding this helped. I woke up this morning and realized I have no malice toward Dad despite the bad years before he joined AA and lived a life of sobriety for 25 years.
25 years - that's so awesome Mark! I really like and respect that you were able to forgive your father and move forward in healing yourself. A great role model!
Discovering your father's unknown perspective on his life provided a relieving breakthrough in your perspective of him. Praise God! It only goes to show how vital it is for folks to try to be as transparent as possible with each other so that we don't harbor unfounded misconceptions about each other (or ourselves). "To know all is to forgive all," or as Oswald Chambers said, "Every time we judge another, we condemn ourselves (Romans 2:17–21). We must stop using a measuring stick for other people. There is always one fact more, in every person’s case, about which we know nothing."
As a person whom struggled with alcoholism and have been sober for the past 10 years for the sake of my family, your story really hit home. Really happy you found peace and closure towards your father. Thank you Mark for sharing this with us!^_^
Congratulations on 10 years of sobriety! What a milestone to celebrate on Father's Day.
You are welcome. Thanks for the comment!
I put a lot of work and prayer into it and finding this helped. I woke up this morning and realized I have no malice toward Dad despite the bad years before he joined AA and lived a life of sobriety for 25 years.