![]() ![]() I think it's an especially good lesson to learn because American culture shouts at women all the time - be guilty, it howls, for every moment spent away from home don't you remember your place do you want your children to be fed jello for dinner by an inept and unequal spouse? I've never forgotten that lesson: that I respected that my father liked his work and was good at it, and that I always felt loved and respected myself. The days away weren't the part that influenced our relationship: the days together were. Now, as an adult, I am still very close to my father. He was in the Navy, and I remember years when he would be gone for months at a time. Now, as an adu …more When I was a kid, I was a very close to my father. ![]() ![]() Maggie Stiefvater When I was a kid, I was a very close to my father. ![]()
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