The Sheer Terror Of Hearing From My Father

The panic if I see his name pop up on my phone

A father and young child walking on the beach as the sun sets.

Let me start by saying that my father has never given me any reason to fear him or to panic if I see he is ringing me but nevertheless that is how I feel and I have tried to get past this in every imaginable way but the last few years I have finally had to accept that this is how it is meant to be.

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Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.

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Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.