I most definitely feel like the outsider in my whole family. My brother is married and has a family, and the same for my sister, who lives a distance away. We were close for a very long time, and then a number of events transpired that changed that. I won’t go into everything, for there is fault to be shared by everyone, and I would never deny my own. Anyway, we are no longer close, and I feel alone and even my extended family (cousins, etc.) have nothing to do with me. It seems that forgiveness is not a word in anyone’s vocabulary in my family, although the few times we are together a proper “happy” front is evident. Our parents are deceased, and I have few friends, so I feel kind of isolated. What makes it even worse now is that I am going through some difficulties lately that I could use more support on, and almost all I seem to get is criticism. I know they say to find a church and start attending, but most churches where I live are so clique driven that it would be a case of me being made to feel like an outsider in another setting all the time, so why put myself through that! That is my story, and I see no real solutions.