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Originally Posted by smattering
I see where you're coming from. However I haven't seen him since a year ago, and before that it had been 8 or 9 years. They live 1,000 miles away. And I think that if I'm gone when they come to visit, that will speak for itself. No one has confronted the issue and I'm not going to, because I don't want to make their already strained relationship with the rest of the family any worse.
I think that they believe that since no one is saying or doing anything, that he is forgiven and welcomed back into the family. I want to send the message that what happened wasn't okay. I want them to feel uncomfortable because there were never any consequences. I want to take my power back.
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Amen sister...
Actions speak much louder than words. I am so proud of you. Congratulations for being at a place in your life where you are able to be this strong.
Peace and Light,
SC
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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