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Bring To A Boil

I'm going to illustrate a frog in the pot of water scenario. This is an analogy of a frog being gradually boiled to death. If you were to throw a frog into boiling water, the frog would say "fuck that" and jump right out. However, a frog placed in cold water and gradually brought up to boil will get use to the heat until it is far too late. This is my story (and many other people's), so let's begin. Let's go back to our innocent days in Sunday School, where we sang little teeny bopper worship songs, played games, colored pages, had snacks of all sorts, and were taught that God loves you no matter what, even more than your mom and dad. Life seemed pretty good at that time (although many kids had awful home lives, I recognize this. But for my own story, it was not bad at all). I didn't have much exposure to what was "proper" or "improper" according to the world. I was a homeschooled kid, going to a conservative Christian coop with other k...
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The C Stands For Church

"It wasn't supposed to be this way." This is the constant statement that keeps coming back to me during the process of healing and accepting my circumstances. It is not the first time I've come to this thought in my life. However, when you grow up in an environment that gives no tolerance to the wilds of life's dynamic changes or provides adjustable molds to people's life styles and history, you end up with a process with no manual situation.  Let's give some background here and the two times in my life I have used this sentence quoted above. Interestingly enough, both times grow from the same root. I grew up in the Christian church in a religious family. I wouldn't say we were zealous in the faith, but we went to church every Sunday. Me and my siblings went to Sunday School and then later onto Youth Group in the teen years. Like all families in the church, I am sure that our family looked like the normal type. I wouldn't describe us as hiding any ...
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