Not Having a Family is Lonely All Year Long Not Only During the Holidays

Cutting toxic family members out of your life is never easy.

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I grew up with a mother who could only be defined as toxic, and that is putting it nicely. When I was growing up, to the outside world, she seemed like a great mother. She would brag on all of her children, quoting their achievements to…