Wow Jay, thanks for sharing.

Mookey for myself I was 20 when I got caught up in the UPC and left it by age 34. I feel I loss some real personal time and growth along the way. Things I should have done while I was younger, like schooling, jobs took more chances in them early years of life. When I woke up I remember that day well, I just turned 37. I had no ideal who I was or what I liked, the feeling was overwhelming. It was as if I had never lived, and in a sense that was true, due to fear and not lining up as a UPC pastors wife, I never fit in! Now days I see the world and people in a different light, I no longer feel tied to rules or laws, there a great sense of freedom and love within me that runs deeper then anything I ever knew while in the church. And now more then anything I seek truth and itÂ’s ok to be me, whatever that may be!

No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.
Daisy Bates (1863-1951)