How long is pretty much up to you. After a time, though, things will gradually get better. In a shorter time than you think, you'll be laughing again,... but he'll always be with you. Through the pain, and after it fades, your father's memory will stay with you." But I don't have anywhere to go!" she cried, "Mom's a lush, and doesn't want me around any more! She keeps sending me over here, and now that Dad's... gone... I just... I don't have anyone!" Look around you, dear," Patricia said softly,. What you do at that point is up to you.Our culture loves a quick fix. Conditioned by an educational system to become gold-star addicted, our self-worth is attached to achievement. Our medical system seeks to eradicate symptoms instead of investigating root causes, teaching us to reach for medication to solve everything from headaches to anxiety. So, it's no surprise we sometimes start to think happiness is a result of chasing the carrot, and change is a result of following prescriptions.But. I was in heaven.I caressed her back and asked what happened. She said that she saw her bf with some other girl and when she confronted him, he said he was having an affair with the girl and broke up with her.I really felt bad for my sister and was very angry with her bf. I was angry at him not because he broke up with her but because he was such an idiot to leave such a hot girl.I brushed her hair from her face with my finger and wiped her tears. She looked me into my eyes and I could see. That's the kind of person she is. A couple of nights a week she would come over and make the girls dinner; she said kids needed good home-cooked meals. So whenever her husband was away for a day or two she would help out with the girls.I want you to know up front that she did it for the girls. Linda and I were just friends. I wished it could be more but she loves her husband and would never think of cheating on him. My girls looked forward to the days that Linda would stop over. They said she.