This Christmas didn’t look how I hoped it would.

I talk about spending the holiday with my cats, not seeing my dad, and what it’s like when someone who used to be a great parent slowly fades into excuses, distance, and bare-minimum effort.

This episode is about favoritism, money, broken plans, and that weird kind of grief you feel when someone is still alive—but not really there for you anymore.

No neat ending. Just the truth.