After my dad died, we found the love letters
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- #grief
- #closeted love
- #family secrets
- After the author's father passed away, love letters were discovered revealing a secret relationship with a man named Edward.
- The father had been in a closeted relationship with Edward for three years, planning a future together in Canada.
- The father's life was largely unfulfilled, constrained by familial and cultural expectations, except for the happiness he found with Edward.
- The author reflects on their distant relationship with their father, marked by absence but also moments of closeness and understanding.
- The father's death brought the author and Edward together, sharing grief and memories of the father's hidden joy and love.
- The mother's reaction to the discovery was one of bitterness, feeling that both her life and the father's had been wasted.
- The author sets up a shrine for their father, incorporating elements of his life with Edward that were previously unknown to the family.