They could be twins. Sometimes he looks at her with pure hatred.

It breaks my heart.

And, she's wonderful. She is super smart and loyal and stubborn and has fought for his attention like a bulldog going after a steak ever since she was tiny.

He has pushed her away so many times in the face of her painful, blatant attempts to get her attention--pleading with him--in her own way--which is his way--full of anger and self-righteousness...He just doesn't see it.

She was in counseling to learn how to get along with him. He wouldn't go.

I don't condone how she treated him on the last visit. But, after watching this drama unfold for nearly 20 years, I completely get it. Waving flags, jumping up and down, screaming at him, begging, crying, going to jail, smoking pot, behaving recklessly, the kid has tried it all...and he still hates her.

"You know, it's times like these when I realize what a superhero I am." Tony Stark/Iron Man

“Focus on what you can do, then do it with all your heart.” Lois Wilson