I find around this time of year I have a lot of bad memories flooding back. I stay up at night crying my heart out because of a father who was a gambler and didn’t celebrate Christmas. Everything I got he either wanted to play with it first or read it first. He would fight and argue with my mom. My own grandfather had to come and string lights on our house and his own cause my father wouldn’t do it. My mom put up the tree herself and decorated it, she was the one who stood in line and waited for stuff (popular presents). He would leave us in the cold truck when he visited his friend when we went out looking at lights. I always went to Christmas service with my grandfather because mom was working and my grandmother was cooking. This time of year doesn’t hold the greatest memories but I am struggling to create my own but still doesn’t help my sleep or crying over a gambling father who is now dead. —Hate the bad memories and losing sleep
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2010.


Joy to the World. Hopefully the OP can find something to be joyous about and start off 2011 with a fresh outlook on life.
Is this a bitch ?
It reads like a request for a pity party .
see comment of mine above this bitch.
Sounds to me like you’re missing all the GOOD that happened. You had a great mom and grandfather, fuck your stupid father who tried to ruin it all! Now that he’s gone, don’t let him continue to ruin your new good memories.
Hello ‘aooeoo’, thank you for your information. I am very interested in this offer… far more interested than I am in this “cry for pity” Bitch.
Hi I believe that we should care for the less fortunate people in the World . not just at Christmas time but all year long . Hay you with the smart mouth . i bet you are still living home with your Daddy . and never had to do with out a thing in life . why don’t you try to put your self in her shoes . and walk that road that she faces every year at this time . you know i bet that you could not handle what this poor Girl is going through .when things get a little rough for you we know you run to your Daddy .so suck it up buttercup . and try to be nice to people . and have a Merry Christmas .