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divorce, a wife goes through one too. For every veteran alone in the basement, there is a wife upstairs, bewildered, isolated, and in despair from the dark cloud of war that hangs over daily family
This description of a veteran alone in the basement with his wife( and children) upstairs was my life for over 20 years. Looking back I see what that life was like, reading this paragraph was a revelation to me, we were not alone. We were not the only ones living this life. It certainly doesn’t make it better but it makes one realize that others were living this secret life. From the outside we appeared a normal, functional family. One never alluded to the anguish and the fear present in our home. After reading this one simple truth I can say- “This was us”
“only way I could live with it was to have certain times all by myself. I still find great comfort in privacy. I spend a lot of time inside myself, in a private world.” After their fathers died, most of the women in our study got the message that feelings were best reserved for private times. The extended hiding of emotions came to create a feeling of separateness from other family members, and continues,”
― Father Loss: Daughters Discuss Life, Love, and Why Losing a Dad Means So Much
― Father Loss: Daughters Discuss Life, Love, and Why Losing a Dad Means So Much
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