father's day

This is the first father's day since my father's passing.  I'm feeling many things.

Tonight my mother asked me why my brother and I are so fucked up as to need therapists and medication, and I had to swallow my response three times in order to say something warm and supportive in response.

I was just reading this on Salon:  Feminism Meets Father's Day.  I think it's great.

Clark-Flory references this post by Clio Bluestocking, which is just truer-than-true and so smart:  Daddy Issues.  Read it.