OMG all of that religious mess is disturbing. But it feels hauntingly familiar. And I remember my grandmother having Lawrence Welk on at her house a lot.

The framework of all of this is so awful- corruption, rules, blame, shame, control, confusion, rejection and pain... Interesting from hindsight to ponder why so many of us stayed inside of that framework when it would be so much easier outside of it. I didn't see it until I got out.

I have more compassion for KL than before because I understand the pain. I had been irritated by a statement she made about divorce: "people get divorced as if they had a hangnail". Her body language and tone was haughty. Neither of her marriages were good.