You are all so sweet. Thank you, all of you. But the fact is that as a child who lived with fear, it wasn't so bad, because I didn't know there was another way. Father was real nice to me when I was young, and I believed he loved me, so that made a difference. I also learned, through him, that all adults were not evil. Then, he was my island in a troubled sea.

I also understood that Mother was mad. She constantly threatened us that we would eventually cause her insanity, but I knew she was already there. The fact is that my siblings and I received warning that she was about to be removed from the home she lived in, because she would strike the other residents and the staff. The only thing that prevented this was that she went into a coma and passed away shortly.

But looking at what Marla wrote, this is far worse. Mother did what she did because she was insane; Marla's mother did it because of her religion. Stinkin. It was a choice. A sick choice. For her to set her children up to be martyrs is hideous.
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