The Hazards of Being a Dad by Ted Sheridan

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The Hazards of Being a Dad

I read your poem; the one about needing your father to love you.
It made me think; I always wanted my daughter to be independent
and so in raising her to need no one. I missed out on her needing me.
Had I not dismissed her needs as childish things she would one day
grow out of; I would not have felt so alone when I read your poem
the one about needing more than I gave….

2008 © T Sheridan

Ted Sheridan

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foxy babii (2/11/2008 8:15:00 PM)
thank u
all u wrote is so true

Tara (2/10/2008 5:35:00 AM)
Ted, this is heartbreaking. However, I bet you anything your daughter adores her Daddy. (If she didn't, she wouldn't have felt the need to rebel) . t x

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