Dear Tim,
I am sorry to hear about your pain.
The grief of coming to terms with what is.
I stand by your side on this very hard day. I stand with your grief and sadness and hold it with my own.
When my sister died of a heroin overdose I imagined linking hands with everyone all over the world who had experienced the same and it helped me in my grief. I hear yours is not grief of the loss of your father but as you said the pain of never really having a father, I hear this.
I extend my hand to you now as a fellow traveller who has not felt the love of parents as it should be. We can link hands all around the world. You are not alone.
Go well, Maree
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