When I asked my dad why he never told us, his children, that he loved us his response was, “Did you have a roof over your head? Did you have a bed to sleep on? Did you have food to eat?” Several years later, when he asked if he could answer the question again, his contemplated response was, “How could I give you something I did not know?” Inter-generational trauma is real and relevant to everyone.
When I asked my dad why he never told us, his children, that he loved us his response was, “Did you have a roof over your head? Did you have a bed to sleep on? Did you have food to eat?” Several years later, when he asked if he could answer the question again, his contemplated response was, “How could I give you something I did not know?” Inter-generational trauma is real and relevant to everyone.