The Power of Being a Victim or Survivor

There are so many things about your father that's struck me in this book. He was the simplest and most complicated person rolled into one fiercely loyal and unapologetically short tempered. You could always feel his presence when he walked into room, whether he's knocking someone out cold at a casino table in Atlantic City or throwing punches on an airplane for Thanksgiving. If you pushed his buttons, he was going to light up. How did that play out on the relationship between the two of you, like having this incredibly short tempered father?