My dad and I had been largely estranged since I was in middle schoolHe had also grown more irritable over time.
My new partner helped my dad rejoin the familyAbout six months after my divorce, I met my now-partner, Matt.
Dad saw Matt doing these activities with us, and for the first time in decades, he joined in, too.
It seems as though adding Matt was the catalyst my dad needed to carve out space for himself in our evolving family.
Four years after my divorce, I'm seeing the warm, fun side of my father that I didn't know still existed.
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