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THIS MONTH’S My dad wasn’t always fair when I was growing up. My mom
was my saving grace, she was a very fun loving and caring and
THOUGHTS playful, best kind of mom there was. Not everyone was as
lucky, as I discover in my psychic reading practice as maybe 20
people a week tell me their mom and dad stories. This is for
ABOUT them.

THINGS... Not everyone grew up with a loving father/child experience.
Some tiptoed thru the shadows, some had to raise themselves,
protect their siblings from a father who never anticipated how
“In the company of one who is living much loss of freedom fatherhood would entail. He had no idea
Andrea de Michaelis Love, you can’t help but spring into how much his life would change. He had no idea how ill-equi-
that Love.” - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Publisher in 2016 ped he would be when it did and no idea how much it would
feel like a prison sentence.
WELCOME TO THE JUNE HORIZONS MAGAZINE. Bless these fathers for doing what they felt they had to do to
It barely feels like June. With the cool nights, I was get thru what must have been a very difficult life. Bi-polar and
able to keep windows open thru most of May. I’ve unmedicated, mine drank, had mood swings and acted out in
got mulberries on the tree out back! I love hanging in the anger. That made me stronger and taught me independence.
shade beneath and picking them. I notice mulberries are like Yours did the same.
opportunities. You pick one section of the tree until you've
taken all the berries you can see and you think there are no Thank the Universe for showing you how powerful you were in
more. Then you step 6 inches to the right and you’re in a overcoming such a father/child experience with as much pres-
whole new world of mulberries. Opportunities, too. Just step ence of mind as you have.
a little to one side and look again.
And for those who grew up with abusive dads, and into whose
I used to be someone who took every opportunity to say some care he may have fallen in his elder years, know this: Even as
smart aleck or sarcastic remark. Now I try to take every op- his seemingly selfish hateful comments continue even into de-
portunity to say something kind. One thing I did growing up – mentia, he's simply a troubled person who doesn't understand
my fatal flaw – was smart talking my dad, which wasn’t smart the physical and mental changes he's going thru and he's afraid
at all. Typical self-centered teen, I felt justified in “hating” of death, if he's even aware enough to know we're all dying. In
him for limiting my freedom, when all he was doing was rais- the end, only kindness matters. You’re the father now.
ing me the best he could.
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