May I rant right along with you and on the same line? Hope you don't mind, because I can sure relate to what you've said.

To my so-called family. The cousins; you know, Fernandez is NOT a Jewish last name so even though you think you're so close to God that Jesus is your blood sibling, you're WRONG! You are no one to judge me or the world! You're so busy judging others and imposing what you think is justice, you can't see the log in your own eye!

MOM, so sorry you weren't able to live the life you wanted but you know what? That's YOUR problem. I wasn't put here to live your life for you. Did you ever stop to think that maybe you "couldn't make out of me" what YOU wanted because I already had MY very own purpose for being here? No, I'm sure you didn't!

To school mates and others I've met along the way... Guess what?! I don't give a rats tail what you think of me or how you judge me! That's YOUR problem, not MINE!

I am who I am and damn proud of it! If you don't like it, then walk away, don't look back. You weren't there when I needed a helping hand, when I needed to be rescued, when I needed shoes to wear and food in my belly or when I needed to feel love and acceptance, so I SURE AS HELL DON'T NEED YOU NOW!

You think you're all so high and mighty and so damn righteous! Look again! You've got faults just like anybody else does! You're no more perfect than I am! What you think is right MAY be right for you but it IS NOT right for me! Don't try to control me, don't tell me I'm screwed up just because you don't see things the way I do! I AM!! I am ME! And ME is good enough for ME and for my Creator!!

I don't need your acceptance! I don't need your approval! I sure as Hell don't need what YOU call LOVE. It's NOT love! It's CONTROL!! It's USING me to get what you can't have for yourself! It's ACCUSATIONS of what YOU are guilty of yourself but can't see it for that log in your own eye!

I'm better off without the lot of you!