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"Why did my father leave me?"

By Casey Lynn RiddelPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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Why did my father leave me?

He made bad choices.

What choices did he have?

The Army was one of the choices he made.

Is it because of my deafness or doesn’t he love me at all?

I believe that he left because of the Army for about 9 years now.

I thought my father was a good dad to me but I was wrong.

He doesn’t deserve to be called my dad.

He never tried to learn sign language to communicate with me.

One time, it was February, he did something wrong to me when I was 12 years old.

I suffered pain that I carry with me.

I didn’t tell my mother about what happened until July.

About 2 or 3 years later, it was 2012.

I had a trial on June 18 and my father was found not guilty.

In the fall of 2012, my father was found guilty.

I hate to see my father should go to prison; he’s in jail for what he did to me.

It was horrible and wrong.

I have no trust in my biological dad.

He doesn’t deserve to be in my life and I wanted to find the truth about why he did it.

What made him to hurt me?

I wondered many times about him, longing to talk to him but I knew it was over.

I’m done with him but there’s a part of me wanting to find out what has happened to me and why?

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About the Creator

Casey Lynn Riddel

Hello, there.

My name is Casey Lynn Riddel and I just want to let you know that I am deaf, but has cochlear implants. I enjoy writing poems, reading books and listening to music while I work. I do like to do the Zumba dance for fun.

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