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Always Standing

 When I was young I had dreams of standing for God through being a missionary. The idea of standing strong was so important to me that I lived my life by the verses in Ephesians 6 as my motto: "And after everything...to stand."  As I grew older and broke away from the church I followed my entire life, I was afraid of falling since that is what I was told would happen.  To my amazement, I am still standing. Just standing for different reasons.  Now I choose to stand for:  -Myself. I am not a broken person who needs to be saved and is going to Hell for just living life. And neither are you.  -Those hurt by the church: I will say this with my whole self: You were never the problem, your environment was.  -Women. Women are strong and incredible. Our purpose is not found in anyone or anything but living in the freedom of being ourselves.  -LGBTQIA: Echoing my above statement. There was never anything wrong with you except the environment that told you ...
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Never Happier to Disappoint

After years of being restrained by what my religion taught me, if I were to write a book, it would be titled "Happy to Disappoint."  After years of shame and being made to feel something was wrong with me, I am happy to disappoint in order to be my authentic self.  I'll always be happy to disappoint:  -The grown man who, as a teen, would spend alone time with me and try to tell me "if he were younger..." Glad to disappoint him in steering clear of him and moving away to fulfill my dreams. -The church who tried to change me.  Happy to be a strong-willed child who became a strong-willed woman. I would not be where I am if I listened to your b.s. about how children and girls should be.  -My family member who was angry at me for refusing to be around his adult friend after that friend kissed me on the cheek and flirted with me when I was 13. Glad I refused to listen. I kept myself safe when you chose not to.  -The man who without my consent decided he was my me...
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