収束ゾーンでのライフ: Life in the Convergence Zone

My first thought is that I'm sorry you had such a terrible childhood. My father was an alcoholic, and sobered up (AA) when I was five. But I'm the youngest of six, and my five older siblings experienced a lot of "blacked-out, angry drunk dad," and it fucked our family up the way these things always do.

Christmas was important to my mother, but my partner is Jewish and I was never a "Christian." I was just forced to attend Sunday Mass with my parents as a kid.

Today it seems like everything is either marketing, or part of the toxic religious stew that is trying to infect our society. I have friends who are Christians, but they are not who you see on TV or read about in our mass-media publications.

I don't want to start my own rant here, but just to say that I empathize with you, even though your experience was far more horrific than mine. I'm also glad this holiday has passed.

I hope your today, and your tomorrow, are brighter than yesterday.