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There were signs that, if I were a little older,
maybe I would have realized it.
For example, I remember my mom
complained about him getting up in the middle of the night
and he was soaking wet with his pajamas,
and she had to change sheets, and she kind of
complained about that, but not much
because I think she understood much better than I did.
But I do remember that when I was little,
he was always working, constantly working.
He had three jobs, and I remember thinking, "Oh my goodness,
my father's not going to be here when I'm older,
or when I'm in college, or when I have children.
He's not going to be around."
I'm lucky to have him still, he's 92 years old,
thank goodness, but I was always afraid
because he was always working.
And now I realize, as an adult and now knowing
something about posttraumatic stress syndrome,
that he was doing that to cope, that it was one of his
coping mechanisms that he was using
to help get him through this.
And they didn't ever spoke of it,
so I guess this was his way of coping.