Out of the blue, a wonderfully dynamic woman contacted me. She relayed a short version of her "life story" in the Allegheny Wesleyan Connection. She told of how she endured physical, sexual, and spiritual abuse and came out on the other side. The short version was simply spellbinding and I requested that she share the long version with me.
While growing up, she fostered some excellent personal qualities and later, when she was dramatically pulled out of the spiritual mess, used them to catapult her into a new joyful life. I feel I hold a sort of kinship with her, being that one of the ways I would cope in my growing up years, was through the use of humor - lots of it.
I will be posting her riveting story in parts and we will see a dark side to accepting a fundamentalist view of Christianity and even learn a thing or two of how to cope.
One truism to watch for is the one or two people in Liz's life that were "there" for her and carried her on in her journey, allowing her to keep pressing on and not ending it all. I send out a note of gratitude to you who did that. You, my readers, and I will be better for it - I guarantee it. And I dare say, Liz is grateful too.
I hope you enjoy the series.
While growing up, she fostered some excellent personal qualities and later, when she was dramatically pulled out of the spiritual mess, used them to catapult her into a new joyful life. I feel I hold a sort of kinship with her, being that one of the ways I would cope in my growing up years, was through the use of humor - lots of it.
I will be posting her riveting story in parts and we will see a dark side to accepting a fundamentalist view of Christianity and even learn a thing or two of how to cope.
One truism to watch for is the one or two people in Liz's life that were "there" for her and carried her on in her journey, allowing her to keep pressing on and not ending it all. I send out a note of gratitude to you who did that. You, my readers, and I will be better for it - I guarantee it. And I dare say, Liz is grateful too.
I hope you enjoy the series.
Looking forward to it.
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