"Dear Daddy" Assignment
Posted by Quelynn, Inc. on Friday, July 29, 2011
For many years of my life I had negative, bitter, and angry feelings towards my dad. It was so bad that I didn't call him "Daddy" but I called him by his first name.
I was angry because when my parents got divorced when I was three years old, he stopped coming around and would only come into my life every now and then. I hated the fact that he was not in my life to protect me when I fell into the hands of a neighbor's son who sexually molested me for years. I felt like if he had been in my life, that would have never happened to me. I hated the fact that my mother was the one who raised me alone, sometimes having to work two jobs to take care of my sister and me. I hated the fact that whenever I went into the hospital and they called him to come in to take tests on my behalf, he was a no-show. I hated so many things about him.
It was not until years later that I reconciled with my daddy and formed a close bond and relationship with him. However, before doing that I has so many "daddy issues" that results in how I dealt with men, and even how I dealt with my Heavenly Father.
Sometimes expressing our feelings can help us deal with issues we are facing in our lives. I'm not sure if you have issues with your daddy or not. But I want to issue you an assignment...
Write a letter to your daddy telling him how you feel about him. Whether you have bad, negative emotions or whether they are good, loving ones. Write a "Dear Daddy" letter. Get your feelings out and really share from the heart. If you want to share your letter with your daddy, pray about it first and then go from there. For the most part, you need to write your letter for YOU to express yourself.
Before you write your letter, watch this YouTube video --> Dear Daddy
Again, if you have a great relationship with your daddy, tell him in the letter how much you love and appreciate him. However, if you have a bad one tell him how you feel. Read your letter aloud to yourself and listen to your words. Expressing how you feel is a HUGE part of healing!
xoxo,
Ms. Dea~
I was angry because when my parents got divorced when I was three years old, he stopped coming around and would only come into my life every now and then. I hated the fact that he was not in my life to protect me when I fell into the hands of a neighbor's son who sexually molested me for years. I felt like if he had been in my life, that would have never happened to me. I hated the fact that my mother was the one who raised me alone, sometimes having to work two jobs to take care of my sister and me. I hated the fact that whenever I went into the hospital and they called him to come in to take tests on my behalf, he was a no-show. I hated so many things about him.
It was not until years later that I reconciled with my daddy and formed a close bond and relationship with him. However, before doing that I has so many "daddy issues" that results in how I dealt with men, and even how I dealt with my Heavenly Father.
Sometimes expressing our feelings can help us deal with issues we are facing in our lives. I'm not sure if you have issues with your daddy or not. But I want to issue you an assignment...
Write a letter to your daddy telling him how you feel about him. Whether you have bad, negative emotions or whether they are good, loving ones. Write a "Dear Daddy" letter. Get your feelings out and really share from the heart. If you want to share your letter with your daddy, pray about it first and then go from there. For the most part, you need to write your letter for YOU to express yourself.
Before you write your letter, watch this YouTube video --> Dear Daddy
Again, if you have a great relationship with your daddy, tell him in the letter how much you love and appreciate him. However, if you have a bad one tell him how you feel. Read your letter aloud to yourself and listen to your words. Expressing how you feel is a HUGE part of healing!
xoxo,
Ms. Dea~