The Anger of the Abandoned

Dear Delyara, I grew up in the 'Shadow' of a father who walked out when I was six. That 'Fire' of abandonment burned in me for thirty years, making me a defensive, angry partner. Every time my wife was late, the 'Storm' of my past would make me think she was leaving too. I was destroying my own happiness to protect myself from a pain that happened decades ago. My Victoria came through the hard work of trauma therapy. I had to face the 'Crossroads' of my past and realize that my wife is not my father. I had to learn to trust the silence. The victory is that I am finally a 'Guardian' of my own family, not a victim of my old one. I am the man who stayed.