FATHER things i need you to know

I need you to understand. The things I’ve done related to your family is a reflection of how my mother raised me and my respect for you.

You have asked me to reach out to your family whenever they are celebrating or when they’re in need. You have called me, me thinking you’re calling to see how I am doing, but met with some action item for your family. Have you ever asked your family to reach out to me or check up on me, when my life was falling apart alone in a foreign land have you ever? You, my assigned protector? You, my supposed look out, asked your family to call me and check on me and help me feel better or welcomed or loved at times where I could not help myself? At my loneliest where they were the closest in proximity to me, have you asked YOUR family to check in on YOUR daughter? You did not know how I was doing? You never asked. When I moved to a place I know no one to what I thought would be for a potential partner and have that all fall apart, you never asked how I was doing. You never asked if I was okay. You asked me to call your niece so I can go over and say hi to her parents because they happened to be in town. I think you are a good person to your family, I think you are great even, you’re just not good to me.