It sounds like your mother's love for you is important to you. The only advice I have is to love your mother. Be yourself (atheist or otherwise) and be the most sincere, caring and honest person you can be. Your mother loves you. She's got some of her own processing going on right now - give her space.
Be true to yourself. If your 'friends' leave because of what someone else tells them about you then they were never really your friends. As long as you are true to yourself, are good to others, and do no harm, then you'll do great! Hang in there
Be true to yourself. If your 'friends' leave because of what someone else tells them about you then they were never really your friends. As long as you are true to yourself, are good to others, and do no harm, then you'll do great! Hang in there
