The Things I Can’t Remember
4 min readJul 27, 2023
A Story of Abuse, Trauma, and Forgiveness
As a queer, middle-aged, former Roman Catholic, the news of Sinéad O’Connor’s death left me pensive. I cannot help but think about my own Roman Catholic upbringing, of what I remember, and what I don’t remember.
I remember my childhood home. I remember Sunday morning mass followed by Sunday afternoon dinner with the whole family, my parents…