Today my son and I visited my Gran who is my fathers mother. I try and keep in touch with her and we rarely speak of my dad but today she handed me a letter from my dad. I read it and found it to be a short sharp apology. Whether it was the new contact with his daughter or the new lady in his life who urged this well overdue sentiment, it was still a positive move. I couldn't really expect anything more from him in his position. So I tried to be adult and i have sent word to him that his apology has been accepted. But now what? What real difference does it make? Apology or not, he serves no purpose to me and never has. I guess there is a sense of closure in a small way but ultimately it's still a shameful waste of a father son relationship that I was desperate to fulfil as I was growing up. 

The moment is of more significance than what will stem from it.