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Don’t Look Outside Your Cult!
When I was younger I had friends from all the friend groups, the parking lot “F” dudes and “F” chicks, the “Preppies,” the “Goths,” and the “Jocks.” I was and am pretty opened minded when it comes to people. My church friends would be nice to me at face value and some of them would…
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Religion Choices
Just a reminder that sometimes I may repeat myself because middle age and menopause makes me not always remember what I have already said. Religion has always been at the forefront of my mind since as long as I can remember. When you are raised in a specific religion it is all encompassing. For some…
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I Finally Knew I Would Be OK
I have had cancer twice. I call my Melanoma Cancer 1.0 and my Breast Cancer 2.0. I may refer to each one of them that way. Anyways, this also has had an influence on my guilt of leaving my religion and that is what this post will be about. For years, well even decades, I…
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The Patriarchal Blessing
I am jumping ahead a few years to the age of 14-ish. I honestly don’t remember the exact age but it was around then. This was also the time that I really started to lash out and skip church. This day was the escalation of that. I knew something wasn’t right. This day was the…