My father does not understand how to deal with the problems in my life. He understands the severity and that these problems deeply affect me. I appreciate all of that, but I want to feel like he loves me again. I know he does love me. It just really feels that as time goes on that love is dwindling. It scares me. I want to become closer to my father but he doesn’t know how to compose himself in front of me anymore. He never knows what to say, so he refranes from saying anything at all. I remember when my father cried when my sister graduated from high school, he cried and told her how proud he was of her and that she is so much more intelligent than he is. I want to hear that from him. 5 years ago