While packing for the first time in 18 years, I found something I wrote as a much younger woman about the necessity of discomfort. I still believe much of what I wrote. But life experience has added an asterisk.

Fatherhood isn't one story. In this deeply personal Father's Day reflection, Crystal Marshall shares the lessons she learned from three father figures, the impact of absence and presence, and how those experiences shaped her views on family, healing, and the courage to break cycles.