Thanks! (to EVERYone!)...I appreciate

all of your kind thoughts and well wishes for Dad.

I believe his comment on Mom was made during an especially hard detox time, but his regrets are based on guilt, too. Not the best husband there ever was, to be sure!

The healthier he gets, the less guilt he feels! LOL (But that's a good thing, he's "served his time"). I can attest to the fact he needed to go through this - that may sound harsh, but Dad was harsh, in his emotional abuse of Mom, AND he cheated on her...and many times! But, I know he loved her; he always came back to HER!

He's still my dad...and was a good provider for us kids. He certainly had/has his faults (don't we all), which he has paid his debt "in spades"...

I've forgiven him, and I'm sure Mom has, too! Tweet