Family by https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno A Theme In My life en-us 2018-05-29 04:10:28 UTC 2018-06-14 00:57:30 UTC hello@padlet.com noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264143834 One reemerging theme in my life so far is the emotional loss of a father. In the novel Franks father is a alcoholic who abandons the family on a regular basis with no regards to the well being of his wife or children. My father is also a alcoholic. Although at this point in my life he is just a man I once knew. ]]> 2018-05-29 04:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264143834 noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264144127 My father was an immigrant from Libya just as Franks father was an immigrant to the United States. ]]> 2018-05-29 04:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264144127 noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264144394 When I was a child I would remember him both in good times and in bad. ]]> 2018-05-29 04:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264144394 noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145046 In good times he would take me out for ice cream by the river and when I got too tired to continue biking he would tie my skipping rope around it and pull me back home. He would take me to the mall on good days and spoil me from head to toe with material things. Just like Franks father did when Franks first sister was born.]]> 2018-05-29 04:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145046 noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145158 On bad days he would come home drunk and yelling about anything and everything. He would lie and curse and blame the world for his sorrows but never the alcohol. Just like everyday before Franks sister was born, and everyday after she passed ]]> 2018-05-29 04:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145158 noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145280 It got to the point where he lied about money and refused to find a job. He left , my mother to support two children and a drunk husband. Just like franks father left them with nothing but sugar water for the infants and tea for the others.]]> 2018-05-29 04:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264145280 I think the purpose of this reemerging theme is to make anyone in the same situation feel like they are not alone. Although I know that alcoholism is a popular disease I have never met someone in my situation. In a way it brings me comfort to know that you can get through it and I'm not alone. noriailmugrbi https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264249997 2018-05-29 13:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/noriailmugrbi/qymev100xuno/wish/264249997