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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

Today is tough for me and your post and zine just made me laugh. Esp the “you should get bangs” quote. Thank you for being real about another day that reminds many of us of our trauma.

Tawny Lara's avatar

Sending you the biggest hug! We’re in this together ❤️‍🩹

Tell Me About Your Father's avatar

This is perfect.

Tawny Lara's avatar

Means the world coming from you!

Ava Bogle's avatar

I love “how to date someone who doesn’t look like him.” Gold

Tawny Lara's avatar

I love hearing the lines that resonate with people. That one is so real 🤣

Ava Bogle's avatar

so real 🤦‍♀️

Calling Out My Ego's avatar

100% good medicine for this daddy-abandoned-only-child-sober-bad-B-recovering-woman. Thank you algo for sending me this gift TODAY! 🥳🌹❤️

Tawny Lara's avatar

We got this 🤘🏽

Liz Mendez's avatar

Feel you. See you. Appreciate you. 🫶🤘😎

Tawny Lara's avatar

Hugs! ❤️‍🩹

Dana Jeri Maier's avatar

These are excellent Tawny—feel like with stuff like this is hard to figure out the right tone & you nailed it 🙌❤️

Tawny Lara's avatar

brb crying this means the world coming from an illustrator like you!

Ron Vitale's avatar

I was mostly offline yesterday celebrating the day with my kids, so I'm only seeing this now. And I hear you: I also had a father that abandoned us. I used to think that I carried some sort of mark that people could see about how my father left us and the harm he did to my mom. I carried hate/rage for many years and didn't find help until I went to therapy and found Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families. Hope your Monday is better than yesterday!

Tawny Lara's avatar

Happy belated Father's Day! Thanks for the support, Ron!

Heather Lowe's avatar

Upcycle to Zaddy issues, I’m screaming. IMHO I think the issues are always on Dad’s and never on daughters. Love you!

Tawny Lara's avatar

I had to throw Zaddies in there! And you're so right. I doubt my dad is going around saying he has Daughter Issues