A wrote a letter: [lupalmwonders.com]

My family presently are not religious. I have never said anything anyways.

I never had to. My mother was unhappy when I stopped going to church and stopped making donations to the church, but when she realized that I was donating to other worthy causes instead, she seemed happy enough. In letters she sometimes referred to me as her "infidel son". It didn't seem to bother my father one way or the other (I think he was a closet agnostic).

Just did and they have to deal with it. It’s not easy for me.

I walked into a conversation between my Christian mom and my sister who's a number of years older than me and a science teacher. My Mother just then asked my sister something to the affect or whether she was still a Christian and she said no, the question was then turned to me and I too said no in some fashion (not sure if I said I was an atheist or not outright). Our Mom was visibly displeased, due to how my parents work though nothing much came of it after that.

How old are you?

I did not have much of a problem. Topic hardly came up, because my family were none too devout. You, on the other hand, have much more to beware. If your personal choices are that much of an issue, you are in for a tough time. Be careful; you might well need to communicate this long distance and stick your fingers in your ears.