daddy,

i wish you could understand the frustration i'm going through. its been a battle between my love for you and my own integrity. and after a life of absolute pain and confusion... i dont even know where to begin. you are the only thing in my life that ever made any sense and i dont understand how you can stand to turn your back on me like this. 

despite this, i would never turn my back on you. i wish you could understand. i have spent my life wondering what it all meant, and if it was worth anything at all, and if i belonged anywhere. to hear you say "dont contact me or my family" just really breaks my heart.

i have made my choices based on my own observations of myself and the world around me. i dont think that simply because i choose not to be the same religion as you, it makes it ok for you to stop speaking to me, or to forbid me from speaking to my brother.

you just dont understand at all and i think you are completely wrapped up in something you have invested a lot of time, money and spirit in. i can understand that. i just dont want to find out one day that you've died and i didn't even get to tell you that i love you.