Here are some of memorable moments that I remember with my father. I am not sure why these moments stand out but they do. I don't want to put them in any order.
~ my father punching the family dog with a closed fist after running away, in front of me and my friend.
~ my father yelling at my mother and imposing his will through bullying and name calling.
~ my father forcing me to do extra school work every Saturday morning to make me smarter.
~ riding in the back of our car, my parents arguing and him hitting her and giving her a black eye.
~ calling me a "son of a b!tch" in front of my mother.
~ telling my mother he made the money and he would decide, she had no choice.
~ often yelling at my mother and making her cry.
~ when I was about 3, telling my father I felt nauseous while he watched TV, he said go to your mother. I proceeded to walk around the whole apartment throwing up and making a mess in almost every room in the apartment as my father watched. Then having to listen to them fight over my fathers lack of help.
~ I remember many times feeling very embarrassed by the way my father behaved, his tantrums, his behaviors.
~ hearing my mother say that she wished she never met my father.
~ watching my mother defend her children from my fathers bullying.
~ my father was playing catch with my sister one day when I got home from playing with my friend and I asked if I could play too. My father said no. My sister was using my mitt and I was angry, so I took it from her and went inside. I got about 30 feet away and my father threw the ball and hit me right square in the back of the head.
That's the typical kind of behavior my father exhibited while I was growing up.
