We've got to keep going...

not about me so much, because I know that whatever happens, I'll get through it just fine. But right now I'm worried about my family. Not just 'cause of the money problems... money is never an issue. We scrape by, we get through it and even without money we are happy. What I am worried about is this constant feud that the rest of my family is having.

The Castillo's seem to have become outcast from everyone else. My Aunt Ginger is making things up about us, calling us liars and exageraters and a whole bunch of other things. My aunt has even begun bad mouthing us kids, despite the fact that we haven't even talked to her in forever. It hurts, knowing that some members of your family hate you... and you don't even know what you did. It sucks even more because you wish for the days when everyone was... well, sane, and got along.

Because it's my mom's family, it's hurting her really bad. Again, mostly 'cause she doesn't know what she's done to deserve this and because all she wants to do is be able to talk to her sisters. My Aunt Ginger has a problem, and I swear to God, she's losing her mind. She makes things up about us, she lies, and I wish I knew how to help. She berates my grandmother, hates her with every fiber in her soul, and everything she does to her is nothing short of emotional abuse. When we try to tell her that... she doesn't listen and continues to lie.

I just want to break down and cry. I just want my family to act like mature adults and stop this arguing. I want my aunt to get help, so that she can stop doing this to us. She is in need of counseling or something... and if she'd only get it... maybe we could all be happy again...

Gabby