You see, my are divorced and this took a toll on myself and my younger sister as the divorce was so messy that my mother took us away when we were kids.
For more than 15 years, mom kept us away from dad and practically poisoned our hearts towards him and we grew up with resentment for him. The feeling must have been mutual because until two years ago, dad never cared to look for us and even when his family members forced him to take us back, he was reluctant.
By the time he came for us, I had spent over six years at home after I finished from secondary school as my mother who not remarried, could not afford to send me to a tertiary institution. All those years, I survived through menial jobs and I lived with a lot of hatred for my father.
But after he took us to live with him, he has tried to be a good father, doing everything possible to fill the void but all he has done seem not to even scratch the surface of my heart. He has explained what led to him divorcing our mother but what she went through to raise us with him not being there still hurts and I don't think I can get over the past.
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My sister has moved on and they have formed a great father-daughter bond but something still keeps me aloof and wary of dad's efforts to make us happy.
How do I get to forgive my father and come to accept him?
Folarin."
Dear readers, once again, we want you to advice Folarin on what to do so as to get along with his father.
