Thank you for sharing your insights, your journey, your highs and lows. I have not suffered religious trauma as have your target readers, yet your writings give me hope for a better future. I love seeing your name pop up in my inbox as I know I will experience an honest, insightful and beautiful read.
The idea that I was part of a fundamentalist religion was introduced to me in a Cultural Nursing course. The professor’s specialty was maternal nursing. She used an example of her midwifery with groups of women in FLDS whose practice included polygamy and subjugation of women. I began to allow for a correlation between them and me then. I was going outside of the teaching in our church that women are to be “keepers at home” and going to college-- where Satan can corrupt your mind. But I told myself I was preparing to do mission work and I needed that credential. That was the beginning of my awakening. And the beginning of the end of my acceptance in the church. I am thankful for that so-called corruption.
I look forward to your newsletters and Instagram posts.
Thank you for sharing your insights, your journey, your highs and lows. I have not suffered religious trauma as have your target readers, yet your writings give me hope for a better future. I love seeing your name pop up in my inbox as I know I will experience an honest, insightful and beautiful read.
This made my day! thank you!
The idea that I was part of a fundamentalist religion was introduced to me in a Cultural Nursing course. The professor’s specialty was maternal nursing. She used an example of her midwifery with groups of women in FLDS whose practice included polygamy and subjugation of women. I began to allow for a correlation between them and me then. I was going outside of the teaching in our church that women are to be “keepers at home” and going to college-- where Satan can corrupt your mind. But I told myself I was preparing to do mission work and I needed that credential. That was the beginning of my awakening. And the beginning of the end of my acceptance in the church. I am thankful for that so-called corruption.
I look forward to your newsletters and Instagram posts.