BONUS BLOG: 2 realities to end FD23

EXAMPLE ONE —

A study published last year in the Journal of Marriage and Family by sociologist Rin Reczek and colleagues suggests that 26% of fathers experience a period of estrangement from their adult children at some point, four times the rate for mothers. 

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-estranged-dads-fathers-day-is-a-painful-reminder-9fe72b8f?st=b9ubn6vmy2cl1m7&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

EXAMPLE TWO —

The last time I saw my father was on my wedding day. He died the following summer. This Father’s Day, in church this morning I began to feel a deep sense of gratitude for all the effort my father made to come to my wedding. No one thought he would be able to come because of his mental and physical illnesses and the hardships he faced. But he did. We never got a photo together because he was not well. But he was there. And today, the fact that he was there matters to me more than I have ever realized.

SOURCE: Sarah Lund, online friend and greatly appreciated colleague, about an hour ago.