I took a nice blogging break for about a week. I actually feel kind of refreshed, though a bit uninspired. I still have pieces of my story I want to share, but I don’t feel so heartbroken anymore. It’s a new kind of feeling and I kinda like it. Now if I could [...]

The problem with being taught to trust only God and the adults around you is that you don’t learn how to make decisions for yourself. I find myself completely unprepared to cope with the world around me. In some ways, it keeps me young: everything is new and exciting and I can do whatever I [...]

I am at a point where I am quite glad I survived and got out of a horrendous marriage and fundamentalism (not at the same time), and while it’s part of me, I don’t want to be defined by my past circumstances. I want to push forward to the future: I want to finish school, [...]

Yesterday, I remembered what it was like to have fun; to let loose and just enjoy life. It was the first day in awhile that I could relax and enjoy myself without worrying about everything. I had forgotten what that’s like and I didn’t even realize it. And now I totally feel like a person [...]

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I have a feeling I’m about to not explain myself very well, but I’m going to try.
Through the last few years, life has been a series of peaks and valleys. The good news is that the peaks are getting higher and lasting longer while the valleys are becoming farther and farther between. They still exist, [...]

It’s hard to know what to write when everything on your mind is stuff you shouldn’t say. Yesterday, after completely losing it over something entirely miniscule, I checked out for the rest of the day. I have no more outlets. I can’t write everything I want–I don’t even know how to put it into words. [...]

I’ve never had to deal with Jehovah’s Witnesses around here. I’ve run into a couple of Mormon missionaries a couple of times, but never a JW. I’ve heard all kinds of funny stories about people messing with the missionaries that come to their door, but when an older gentleman and a younger guy came knocking [...]

I have come so far. In the last two years, I have gone from crying at least once every single day, wondering if I would ever start living life instead of trying to get through it and hating myself to becoming overall happy with my life. I remember wondering if the day that I would [...]

I write so much on here about how much religion has hurt me, but I thought the other day about how much worse it could have been in so many ways! In many ways, I am very fortunate. Here are 1o reasons why I’m lucky (in no particular order):

I had Steve to help me [...]