The Memory of Feeling Petrified in My Dad’s Makeshift Sailboat

Watery reflections of my mostly absent father

Sheryll James
The Memoirist
Published in
8 min readFeb 13, 2023

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A photograph of a small child under the water with her eyes squeezed shut and surrounded by the air bubbles she is blowing out.
Image from cottonbro studio in Pexels (edited by author)

How many of us unconsciously seek to find some idealized version of the kind of parent we longed for but never had?

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Sheryll James
The Memoirist

Desire to scatter my winsome wisdom before my ashes are scattered. Top Writer in psychology—retired physical therapist and mental health counselor.