DEAR ABBY: I’m a twice-divorced woman who has no children. I was raised by two deeply religious parents (now deceased) who attended church every Sunday and took me along. I regularly attended church until 15 years ago. At that time, my dad was dying, and I was dating a man I often had brunch and spent time with on Sundays. That man and I broke up 2 1/2 years ago.

I’ve recently started thinking I should start back to church. I went once about six weeks ago but haven’t returned. I keep finding excuses not to go, such as I can’t get up early enough on Sunday morning, or I like spending time at home with my cats, or I’m too tired after working all week, etc.

I keep wondering how much of my guilt over not going is because of how I was raised, or if it’s just that I think I should go.

Is it a

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