Those people who refuse to understand or have compassion for what I went through are off my christmas card list. I do not associate with them at all. Life is too short to hit your head against the wall trying to convince people that you are hurting. They can't / won't / or deny your pain because they don't feel it. It does not exist for them.

Instead, make a new family. I understand.

Your long-distance cousin,
2quilt