Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

Dad Thoughts

Shortly after I had moved into the first apartment I could afford on my own, my parents separated. I was standing on the deck overlooking the back yard when Dad told me what was going on. He explained incomprehensibly how he still loved my mom but that they couldn’t live together any more. He knew that there had been times as I was growing up that he could have been there for me but I had to rely on my mom instead, and he promised that things would not just be different now, but better.

There were hints of problems between my parents before this announcement, and I don’t really know whether I was shocked more by the revelation or its telling. I’m not sure what I expected to happen, then living on my own, but if I had anything good to walk away with, I looked forward to having a better relationship with my dad.