Sorry for your loss, @marcpatrick, the things that our parents did when we were young is it's for our own sake. Maybe we don't understand 'coz were still kids, but now were adults we understand.

I also grow up without a father, He died when I was 11yrs old. During that time, I don't know what to do. Losing him makes me so sad because I am more on father's daughter. Without them as our parents it feels we lost an arm. Our parents teach us to stand on our own feet so that when time comes that they will leave us, we will be strong to do it on our own. That's the cycle of life.
But anyways thank you for sharing your life with me, hope to hear more from you.
God bless.?