I’ve been trying to get in touch with my father. I haven’t seen him since I was very young, about 7 or 8 years old. I think I found an old Facebook account of his. It’s not active, but I’ve been reaching out to some connections. Only a couple have responded and I gave one of them my phone number.

I think he might be trying to call me, but I pretty much never answer my phone. It’s always on vibrate and I usually only receive spam calls anyway. I hesitated the first time. I picked up the second, but no one replied. I probably should have stayed on the line longer, but I panicked a bit. I finally got the courage to call the number back today, but it went directly to voicemail, which isn’t activated.

Maybe it’s spam. It’s a local number, but it could be spoofed. What an archaic and frustrating way to contact people.