CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“GET WITH IT” By MATT McKINLEY
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Even the best-intentioned secrets are still secrets, and they’re dangerous. It’s in your granddaughter’s best interest to know who her biological father is. However she processes it, it’s information she deserves to have, one of the more practical reasons being for the sake of her medical records.
Help your daughter talk through her fears. She’s said she is afraid her daughter will flip out, so explore the worst-case scenarios there. She’s only 16; she can’t very well pack up and start a new life over this news. She might threaten as much, but once the dust settles, she’ll still be there, and so will all of you.
As a family, you can reassure her that biology does not make a father. Love and commitment do. The man who tucked her in and read “Green Eggs and Ham,” taught her how to ride a bike, kissed her bruises when she fell, spent hours trying to grasp the concepts of geometry so he could help her study, dried her tears when the other kids left her out, dried his own tears on all her first days of school — he is her real father. And that will always be the whole truth.
As the autumn season sets in, I feel as if there is a void in my earthly existence. I do have to admit that I have had suicidal episodes in my recent past. My spiritual beliefs have been, in a way, torn apart since June of this year. I still believe in God, even though I mistrust him or her for the moment. Thank you for taking the time to read this. — A Tormented Soul
If you’re having any suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, immediately. There are people there 24 hours a day who would love nothing more than to listen and help.
Though I don’t know the details of your life or what has happened to shake your faith recently, I know there are people who care about you. Count me among them.