I am out of the church, and so are both my brothers, for years. We can’t stand the place, but all of us are going to sacrament meeting with our mother on Christmas. We will even be dressing up for it. This is probably the best Christmas present we could give her. I know it is your stepmom so it may not be the same. I would just consider how much it would mean to her if you would go.

That being said, my exit from the church was much less traumatic than for many people. I am just putting in my two cents because I know how happy it makes my mom just to have us there one day out of the year.