Your dad wasn't a hero, wasn't your knight in shining armor. He was a human being. You never knew him, and you never will. The dad walking around in your head isn't even a ghost, he never existed. A frankenstein's monster, a child's fantasy - but you're alive. Your mother is alive. She is not the monster you make her out to be. You need to live your life, Cheryl. #traumacore #mentalillness #crying