Thank you for reading it, Robin. Sometimes I feel guilty about sounding so "negative" but I'm just trying to work though my feelings.

When someone who abused you for your whole life dies, it's hard to figure out how to move forward. I can forgive, but that doesn't fix all the damage she did.

It's easy for people to leave comments and tell me to just get over it. Sadly, it doesn't work that way. When someone tells you your whole life that you are a worthless piece of crap who has never been a real daughter, you don't just "get over it." It messes with you on a deep level.