So my mom just stopped by. She has been happily married to a wonderful man that I consider my father for over 14 years. She asked me to visit my real father, who is suffering from MS. I don't know how she can ask that of me, much less forgive him for what he did to her.
My earliest memory of my father is of him trying to run my mom over with his pickup. When I was 7, I remember him beating the shit out of my mom while I ran to grandparents hotel room clutching my little brother for help.
When I was 13, I remember I didn't want to go to church. (Even then I questioned the catholic church) A bit jokingly, I said, "Why can't we just sit in and watch Jerry Falwell?" My father's response was to punch me in the face. I remember the bruises he left on my arms and on my legs. I remember his belt when I was just a kid.
In 1995 he got diagnosed with MS. My mother calculatedly left him while he was down. They are both cold, caluculating, selfish individuals. My mother is a better person because of my stepfather. But I can't bring myself to forgive him. Any thoughts?



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