Summary Of 'The God Who Embraced Me When Daddy Scared,'

The speech that spoke to me the most was ‘The God Who Embraced Me When Daddy Disappeared’ by John Fountain. He speaks of the time the cops took his abusive father away in handcuffs after his mother feared being hit by him again and the life that he led growing up without a father.
This appealed to me because I grew up in a similar situation and could relate to the void that is present when a parent leaves a child’s life, the struggles that are left for the family trying to make it on one income, and not having the support of both a mom and a dad.
He is very descriptive when talking about various scenes of his life, making me not only picture what is happening, but also feeling it. Towards the end of the speech, I can hear the pain and emotion