My mother "rebelled" against her religious upbringing at age 19. She only sporadically attended church during the next 50 years. A year ago she chose to return to the faith of her childhood. This time she is learning her faith's teachings because she wants to and not because she has to. For her, this has been a good thing. She has become a calmer more centered, stable individual. She is definitely not the mother I remember as a small child (we were separated for 8 of my childhood years). This is what works for her. I don't believe in many of the teachings of her church and she doesn't believe in my choice of paleo BUT we have no arguments about either. We each accept the other person's choices. Even though her diet is SAD, she is healthier than she was before returning to her faith because she no longer has the emotional turmoil and anger she was experiencing. BTW, no one in the family has said anything negative about either of our choices although we both get a little light-hearted teasing that doesn't bother us. Betty Ann mailto:[log in to unmask] "In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats." English Proverb