Let Them Know They Have It

Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 5 a.m.

We wanted it so badly and we never got it. We still haven\u2019t got it. Dad was withholding, dad was hard to please\u2014we wanted to make him proud, but we just couldn\u2019t. That\u2019s partly why we\u2019re working so hard today.There\u2019s some part of us that thinks if we can just accomplish enough, make enough money, win enough awards, surpass him then maybe, finally, we\u2019ll get that begrudging pat on the back. We\u2019ll get him to acknowledge us. He\u2019ll let us know he respects us, loves us, and appreciates us. But som...