Posted by AdaGrace on December 24, 2004, at 7:54:32
In reply to Parents and Christmas, posted by alexandra_k on December 24, 2004, at 1:28:42
You'll make it through. I have confidence in you. Keep your chin up and be the better person. How about tomorrow morning, you get up early, watch old Christmas movies on TV, watch the sun come up, and see the beauty of the world around you. Then of course, parades, lovely, parades, you can watch those too. I often times seclude myself when at my family for holidays, it's so loud and noisy and sometimes yelling occurs. I learned from my childhood to avoid the fits of rage from my father, so seclusion is best for me. I have read the things you have written about your parents. I feel for you. Giving then any ouce of your time seems extreemly generous, but it appears to me that you are being the most gracious one by agreeing to see them. I know it will be hard. They seem to treat you with such indiference. You're better than that. The day will pass my dear. It will be over quicker than the time you have been dreading it. And then, you go on with your life, because they are the miserable ones. They are missing out on your wonderfulness and perhaps they don't even know it. Maybe someday they will.
Ada, full of it this morning after 3 mugs of coffee and frozen toes, Grace
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