cracks in the foundation

[sienamystic]

Due to election-related trauma (my sister and I vs. my mom), my mom has canceled Christmas. Apparently our opinions are not related to the world at large but are instead a personal insult to her. There are a host of things underlying her issues, which my sister and I have discussed at length, but we can't fix them, and if her radical lack of empathy could be healed it would have been by now. The odds are at least 50-50 that she will relent in a few weeks, but who knows. I'm still upset enough to the point that I'm hiding from the news and just quietly trying to fix or help what I can fix or help in my little corner of things.

I am surprised I'm not more upset. I think I'm still too tired and numb to care.

Comments

[kore]

Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

[sienamystic]

Thanks. It's been harder on my sister. And the thing is, she'll probably calm down in a bit...the question we have in front of us is what to do if she tries to pretend nothing happened, which is her usual course of action.

[kore]

Oh, THAT'S always lovely. Gaslighting: a lovely holiday option!

[akamarykate]

I am so sorry to read this. What a horrid year. If you get to the upset part and need to vent, I'm listening.