Everybody has good and bad things they have to say about their parents. Sometimes they annoy you. Sometimes you love them. Sometimes you wish they would just leave you alone but at the end of the day, they're there for you.

The thing I like about my mom is how supportive she is of things that I do. I like how she tends to not sugar coat what she says and how she's there for me. I've always been close with my mom since I was younger more then my dad and it still is the same today. I can trust her with some things that I can talk to her about.

My dad on the other hand is a different story. I will always be grateful that my parents are still together even though they have and will always have their rough times. But throughout my life, moreso when I was younger, my dad wasn't there for me that much. He was an alcoholic and he would never be home. He's even gotten physical with my mother in the past. He didn't really clean up his act till I was aboult 8 or 9 years of age. He had gone to jail for 6 months for child endangerment and assault on hitting my mom. That day my mom had beaten the crap out of him for him hitting her. However, my dad originally called the cops on my mom. And it had backfired and he ended up getting arrested for the warrants he previously had.

After jail, he was sent to go to Anger Management and those AA meetings. He's come a long way to be honest. Even though he has his slips every now and then, I'm just glad that he's not that person he used to be.

A couple years ago, I did go through this phase of being really disrespectful and showing resentment towards him. I'm not gonna lie. I hated him for a while. It just angered me still and how sometimes he forgets the shit that he's put others around him through. But as I got older, I've just accepted my father for who he is you know. I can't change him. I can't change what he's done. That damage is there but I've learned to let it go.

To sum it up. Do I hate my father? No. Do I love my father? No. Do I like him? Yes.

It's a hard feeling to describe to be honest. I don't really think about it all that much anymore. It is what it is but in the end, I still have them.