Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.
I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.
If you believe, so will they.
I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end.
I've been living a lie all my life.
My adoption was treated as a celebration.