How I Healed From My Father Wound

After 25 years without him, I chose to forgive him

Marcus Lee
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7 min readFeb 7, 2020

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It used to be that whenever people talk about their “father wounds,” I would dismiss them immediately.

I never even knew my dad growing up, I’d think to myself. Folks should deal with their crap and move on; that’s what I did. At least, that’s what I thought I’d done. But the truth is, I’d never…

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Musician | Filmmaker | Speaker | *Author | Fatherlessness is part of my story, not the end.