My life proves that order can indeed come from chaos. At the age of 24, I divorced my (ex) Baptist minister husband and began working toward my new goals.  Life is still crazy sometimes, trying to make it through school at some point in my lifetime, a 4-year old daughter and husband recently graduated from law school, trying to keep things civil with the ex, and just keeping my head above water. But overall, I love my life, and wouldn’t trade it for anything.

As for basics, my name is Laura, and I live in Northwest Arkansas. I have ADD, so you never know what I am going to do or say next. In the education department, I have a psychology degree and some graduate work in Counseling. Currently, I am trying to work on pre-requisites for medical school through a physics degree. (I figure I will be about retirement age before I am ready to start my career!)

It is challenging raising my daughter jointly with a family who has very different ideas about religion. I am figuring it all out as I  go along.

So that’s who I am, but what do I write about? My blog focuses on the emotional journey of leaving fundamentalist Christianity behind, what it was like to be a minister’s wife, what life is like today in the aftermath, Christianity from an atheistic perspective, and issues concerning women without an organized religion. I tell it the way I see it (which is not usually a euphemism for “I’m a total bitch”) no matter how hard it is for me to do so, whether it’s about my own struggles and shortcomings or the struggles and shortcomings of others.

If you are new to the site, check out the My Story page to see where to begin. Feel free to comment or ask questions! Reasonable debate and challenge is welcome! Just make sure to read my Posting Guidelines. If you’d rather email privately, check out the Contact page!

I can’t wait to see where I go from here!

(Last updated: 8/21/2010)