re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?

Dad died a couple of years ago . He was a great father for 24 years , then on my parents 31st anniversary , he ran off with a beer joint whore ( who I knew there was something there) and tried to screw several people out of money on his way out ( and successfully stole from my moms mother) . My wife was pregnant with our first child at the time too. He stayed gone with no trace for about 6 months , then when found , he tried to come back and act like it was not his fault . My mother kept his company going ( with the help of my uncle ) to pay off the money he stole from people . We went 14 years without speaking and we eventually got to where we spoke occasionally on the phone . I saw him once in those last 20 years before he passed. Kills me that he really had no relationship with my kids and missed them growing up. Still baffles me bc he was a GREAT father to me growing up and was liked / loved by so many people