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 ...