Q: Tell me something about yourself that you wouldn't tell most people.

A: I don't miss my dad. I know I ought to miss him or have some resentment built up against him, but I don't. At least, I don't think I do. I can't pinpoint any if I sit down and think long and hard about it. I know there is a fundamental life skill I'm lacking because he was not in my life for very long... but, never having known this function has allowed me never to miss it. I'm sure my life is affected by the absence of a male figure in the household or whatever... But, what it is, I don't know. I do know that I would have loved him. I do know that I would miss loving him when he died. Of that I'm sure because I've known love. If it's known me is another question. If it's aware... if it breathes, I do believe so, but would not assume it has breathed my name. So, the first love from a man a girl experiences has not been in my life. I guess I've never been certain of the signs of a man's love. Maybe that's what I'm lacking?

So, if asked my answer would be "No." I do not miss my father. But, I miss what I never knew: His Love.