Well, he just left. Got mad at me because I was at the computer while preparing breakfast. But he eventually ate and left. He hugged me before he left and he was worried about a problem at work, but he made very clear that he wanted to know what we'd be doing so as not to bump into us by mistake.
The fact of the matter is that since he has not set eyes on them, my brother and sister have not even had a chance to even talk to him, be rude to him or whatever he fears they may do.
Is he ever going to learn that you cannot conquer your fears by avoiding them?
I told him clearly yesterday that I had no control over what he chose to do or how he choose to behave. But I also told him that I thought he was flying from the issue by avoiding it. He said he was not flying from it, just did not want to make my siblings uncomfortable by his presence and have our D notice the undercurrents.
Well, I can tell you our D did notice that her Daddy is not home at all...
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
