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An Open Letter to Versie Blackman, Sr. (& the bittersweet blessings of being a wounded healer) by VersAnnette Blackman

May 26, 2017 | Essay, Issue 2: Fathers, Letter, VersAnnette Blackman

” It’s bittersweet, this love I have for you. It mixes with the pain and creates beautiful art. So many times I wish I could have saved you. ” Daddy, I write to you as a grown woman with the broken heart of a little girl. If you were alive to see me now I...

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