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The Rest Unknown

A coach? A role model? A hero? Maybe to somebody. Perhaps you made up for your cowardice somewhere else with someone else. A father? I wouldn't know. Maybe to another child. To me an abandoner, the rest unknown. 5-22-2021

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Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 6/5/2021 5:19:00 PM

Short and poignant. Well penned.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/28/2021 11:11:00 AM

I, sadly, have known more than one man who left their children, my own husband's father left the family when my husband was only seven or eight, and he has struggled with that for his entire life, this is penned so skillfully, and I see congratulations are in order too! (ps am faving as well!)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/26/2021 11:28:00 AM

Interesting lines penned in this winning work. Way to go. Congrats. Sara

Sam Kauffman

Date: 5/23/2021 10:16:00 AM

Very poignant, Julia, with probing questions. Congratulations on your win.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/22/2021 8:04:00 PM

Wounds deep, yet handled so reasonably. Hats off to you, Juliet. :) gw

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/27/2021 5:38:00 PM

Sigh, you're right -- probably not in the cards there. ~ gw

Juliet Ligon
Date: 5/22/2021 9:38:00 PM

This one's not personal for me, but inspired by a conversation with someone who told me that their dad wasn't a part of their life and denied that he was the dad. Sad situation. On the positive, I wondered if that person could be a present father for another... Probably not though.