Good bye, Anna

Dh called his dd Anna to ask about getting her a ticket to come for the summer as she has in past years. Let's see, she has Young Women Camp, is going to have surgery, wants to see her friends, blah, blah, blah. The end of the story is she's not coming. Having already seen what her mother has done to a couple of the other kids, I don't think I'll see her again, or at least not soon. Before the oldest one's wedding a few months ago, dh hadn't seen Child #3 in over four years, thanks to brainwashing on the part of his xw. The last couple of summers led us to expect this from Anna this year. We were not surprised.

Good bye, Anna. We wish you could have had the fortitude to stand up for yourself and escape. Instead of a childhood of emotional abuse and a teenagehood of emotional imprisonment, you could have had the loving support of a father and stepmother who want nothing more for you than your happiness and progress. No axes to grind with another adult, no sneaky little spy jobs for you to do, and no having to agree with lies you are told. Really, nothing but going to school and Church, enjoying your friends, developing your strengths, seeing what a happy family and marriage look like, and growing into a lovely young woman in the warmth of your family. I'm sorry you chose something else.