I wish your father in law was my father!
My own personal experiences were quite different.
Usually, when a child runs away from home, there is a reason.
I know that is true, and my heart aches for you. People never seem to realize just how important a father is to a child’s life. We are taught that God is our Father in heaven, yet so many times our own father does not present us with the idea of God that we should have. My own father was a strict disciplinarian and that is the way I used to see God. He was one who “punished” and I did not realize the love He has for His children. Thankfully, God himself, changed that understanding for me. Forgiveness is the only thing that sets us free from our childhood traumas.