Practical problems, conflicts caused by each others’ values, and hurtful words towards each other were some things that would never be erased. However, the previously existing love between father and daughter had rooted itself deeply into both their lives, and it continued to remain even now. 

Hatred and love existed simultaneously. Because they loved each other, they were apologetic and they couldn’t deny that they felt both worry and longing. 

[Do you still hate me?]

The father’s question to his silent daughter put her deep in thought. Eventually, she just decided to be honest.

[Yes, I hated you, and truthfully, I still hate you. All the hard times I experienced made me resentful, thinking it was all your fault. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love you. I…still do.]

There was so much she wanted to say.

Parents can’t always be right. This was a realization Park Eun-Soo had come to understand as she raised her children. What she wanted of her children didn’t necessarily mean her children wanted the same for themselves either. She tried her hardest to live her life so that she wouldn’t become like her father. All so that she wouldn’t end up hurting her children like she had been hurt by her father, but as time went on, she began to understand him.

‘I must have given father a hard time as well.’ 

Every parent loved their...