This is the second episode of a 3-part series titled, ‘Paternal’. It is honest, funny and heartfelt. If you haven’t listened to part 1, In the Beginning, then I’d recommend you click the link to do so now.
When I was 9 years old, I had a teacher called Miss Bryant. In class one day, she noticed I had become withdrawn and subdued. She took me aside to ask what was wrong and after some prodding, I explained that things at home between my parents weren’t great. It wasn’t long afterwards that I moved to a different school, largely owing to the financial pressures under which my newly single mom now found herself.
A couple years later and entirely by chance, mine and Miss Bryant’s paths crossed again. We talked for a little while, and she asked whether things had improved at home. It was difficult to find an answer. I mean, things were certainly different; my father was no longer living with us and the volatility of my parents’ relationship had now moved into a space far less accessible to me. But I couldn’t honestly say things had improved. We just had different challenges now.
For me, chief among them was trying to help mom pick up the pieces of our broken home.
On this episode, my father and I talk about the circumstances that led to the breakdown of our family and our father-son relationship.
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2 responses to “Paternal: The Beginning of the End”
This was such an enlightening conversation, hearing Father and son conversing about past mistakes, misconceptions and misperceptions, regrets in such an unguarded and frank manner it’s refreshing. Sounds like there is an opportunity for you both to make up for some lost time and build a healthy and strong Father / son relationship which is awesome. What’s really exciting is if you both can do this there is hope for other broken Father / son relationships. Big respect
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