Sharing the Journey
I feel I have changed more in the past 5 years personally, emotionally, and spiritually more than in any other time period in my life. To some this change appears to have happened overnight. It may seem one day I woke up and proclaimed, “I no longer believe this/that” and the me as they “thought” they knew vanished and they were left wondering “who are you and where is my daughter/friend/etc.?” This is mainly in part because I kept all the growing and changing unseen and on the inside of me. I would slowly share and bounce ideas and opinions off those closest to me like my husband or kids, but for the most part my questioning and pondering took place out of view from most I knew. I was raised in a religious tradition of absolutes. You had to absolutely believe one thing and be prepared to argue and fight and defend that belief. In Christian schools of my upbringing, they literally teach kids how to defend their faith and have the...