A laughable “Sisterhood”
This post has been rattling around in my head for a few days so I have to set it free. As young women we start out being told there is a great “Sisterhood” of women that would rally at our side on the common ground of womanhood. It doesn’t take long to figure out this [...]
My Baptism
I was originally baptized in June of 1987 when I was eleven, but the story of my baptism starts months earlier. My brother and I both wanted to be baptized. There were four groups of questions to answer as part of the process with three different elders. The elders chosen to go over these questions [...]
Real fear of the unreal
Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, a lot of that “sheltering” continues, not so much because you aren’t among the “worldly” but more because you’ve had it drilled into your head that everything they do and say is going to contaminate you. Every conversation, every interaction with someone outside the organization brings with it so [...]
The isolation of public school
It’s funny how isolated I felt as a kid in school. I’ve talked to several people I went to school with in recent years and they really didn’t see me as such an outcast, but mind you they didn’t see me anywhere but school. I don’t know if it was harder in grade school or [...]
A guilt driven life
So we move around for my first five years, but it’s ok, we have this wonderful worldwide family right? We live in 4 states before I start kindergarten following my dad’s jobs. I had an imaginary friend, her name was Cherry and I think that made the moves easier. Between her and my brother at [...]
One tiny event
Nothing seems abnormal before you start school. You only see your family and friends so you don’t have a clue what goes on in the rest of the big world out there. We were a regular family, my mom was an army brat, one of four girls. My dad was one of seven boys. I [...]