So I just read your Regina/hearts meta thing and I just wanted to mention how awesome it always is to see Asperger's and other autism-spectrum disorders described so positively. I actually have Asperger's, and the amount of people in the world who think it's something to be 'fixed' is often incredibly disheartening. So thank you for sharing your story about your father, it was wonderful to read.
I love my dad, and if there is one thing I know beyond the shadow of a doubt it’s that he loves me in return. I’m his daughter and there is no one more important to him in the whole wide world. I’d sooner doubt the sun to come up every morning than my dad’s love. My dad has his shortcomings, many linked to his Asperger’s, but I have never once felt that his Asperger’s prevented him from being a father to me.
I am very happy to hear that my post came across as positive, because that was absolutely the intention. Asperger’s is nothing to be fixed, and my dad relates to others just fine. He may do it a little differently, and we have very clear ways to communicate, but in general, my dad is just a dad like all others, and he will follow me to the ends of the earth if that is what he needs to do as a man to keep safe and make happy his daughter.
Thank you for your kind message, and for easing my fears. Don’t ever let anyone tell you you have something that needs to be fixed. You are perfect just the way you are, and capable of all the love in the world. Looking at my dad, his love for me may just be the purest of loves: he has no agenda, no ulterior motive. He loves me because I’m his daughter, and that bond is forever. Be well, sweetheart <3