Abandonment is an excruciating experience. Hurts and traumatizes you for years. Imagine being abandoned more than once by the same person.

The past few days, I’ve been bothered once more about how distant my father has been. Trying to figure out how is he okay with not being a present father for so long. Yet being active in his step children’s lives for years. I’ve been angry, hurt, ashamed, disappointed over him abandoning us (my late brother and...