My Dreams and Nightmares of Fatherhood

A Chance to Start Again

I never thought I’d be a father and I never wanted it. My relationship with my Dad was terrible, mainly because he wasn’t much of a father. He was consumed with being an alcoholic and that’s a full-time job.

I married Judith when I was 40 and she was 39. I’d avoided getting married for a long time because both of my parents had been through multiple messy marriages and I wanted none of that. But…