Also, I forgot to mention that the biggest problem between my mother and I isn't really the religious differences (although that plays a part). The biggest thing is that she's a drug addict and child abuser, but there's no way I've found to say that while still being professional. So help on that part is really really really needed! It's not an issue for me, we literally never see each other and almost never talk (only through letters every year or two). The woman basically hates my guts, although I talk to my two younger brothers on myspace.
I've already worked with children's services in her state, but they say there's not enough proof to prosecute or remove them temporarily (they'll only do so if a child currently in the home tells someone they are being abused, which is unlikely). Just a bad situation overall, I'm changing my last and middle names to keep her from committing fraud against me again (identity theft... again, not enough evidence to charge but somehow enough to remove it from my credit and put it on hers
). A very strange world we live in....
I take comfort in the fact that at least with our children, it will never happen to them.
They can be happy and just worry about forts and video games
