Literature
My Father (Letter to My Dad)
My Father
From a Disappointed Son
By J.C. Solis
Dad,
I know how hard you try to maintain our family. I know how hard you work and how hard you struggle to put food on our table. And I appreciate and love you for all that you’ve done for me and our family. But at the same time, I cannot stand by anymore and watch you destroy the very thing that you founded. I cannot stand idly by while you attempt to put pressure on my mother, myself, and everyone around you like we are supposed to be some kind of machine who is only meant to produce results.
The day when I returned home depressed and sullen after receiving a poor grade from my Honors English class was I day cannot forget, and I find hard to forgive. I needed help. I was downtrodden and depressed over me unable to understand the material I was assigned. At that moment I needed the strength and understanding of a father to help me with this problem.
Instead, I got a
