Christmas 1974. My parents just got back together after being separated for 3 years. I lived a nightmare from this point forward because of the abuse that i suffered at the hands of my father growing up. The physical stopped, but the awful Verbal abuse i endured lasted until through 1979 until I married!!! I just have to say it like it is and that is what i see when i look at my father. Sincerely James M. Carlson.