The Pain of Having a Dad Who Works Far Away
posted on 27 December 2011 | posted in
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I was very young when my father started to work as a seaman. It was not easy to have a father who was far away most of the time. There were instances when I thought mom could no longer compensate for his absence, no matter how much she tried. I felt mom's longing for a partner. There were times when dad would not contact us because a safeharbor isn't so easy to find all the time. It worried us terribly when dad fails to call. Mom has told me a couple of times how much she would want for dad to be home and be with us. If only your dad could find a decent job here, he wouldn't have to go elsewhere anymore. But reality bites. We all knew that dad needed his job, otherwise, I would not be able to go to a good school and we would not have built our own house so quickly. Mom and I would find comfort in the idea that at least we no longer had to worry about money.
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