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Hi, Deanna. How can I help? I'm so happy to hear that it's a

pleasure to speak with you. I'm a devoted listener.

Thank you.

Frequent quilter. Oh I like that. Yeah, yeah. I'm 53 years old. I'm calling about my father who left our family when I was about four or five years old, left my single mom who was a stay at home mom to raise me and my two older

brothers. Do we know why how that came about what motivated is leaving?

Mom definitely chose poorly and she tried to treat kindly but did not find that in return and well tell me tell me what was bad about her choice

He was a very self-centered person who he himself had a difficult childhood and I think my mom chose him to kind of fix him, as I've heard before.

And he was very much full of himself

and would cheat on my mother after she had the first children. He was done being with my

mother in that way and it was just always very very difficult. Maybe they were married

for just eight years.

Okay. Is this the rendition your mother gave or did he explain himself or?

He has never explained himself.

So this is your mother's rendition of what happened. That she knew he was cheating with the first kid and she had two more anyway?

Well, the first two are twins. two more,

but the first two are twins. I see.

Okay.

Do you think she should have some responsibility for that?

I'm sure, I'm sure that is the case.

Unfortunately, my mother passed away at the age of 51

when we did not really get to have that conversation about what

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