My dad.

[Lith]

I have personally gone through this - pretty much exact same thing.
My parents split up when I was a year or so old, and then my dad moved to london and then we didnt hear of him for years, when he contacted my mum.
He sorted himself out and now runs a successful mid-sized accountancy firm, which is impressive.
I met up with him, and it was really awkward to start off with, but now I see him pretty much every weekend and it's fun.

The thing is, he's more like a older brother than a father now, 'cos he missed out on all the 'growing up' and we just mess around and have fun now.

I say go for it, and I hope this helps :\

Thing is, I only have his number and I can't find a location on it. I don't honestly think I could go through with it seeing I've had much more problems in my life than this.