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Hi, I’m lucky.

I was a mormon. Now I’m a mom, a teacher, a lesbian, and a human grateful for my freedom. 

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    About me

    I grew up in the Pacific Northwest in an active Mormon family. I now live with my wife and two kids in New England, teach in a public school, and love the life I’ve created.

    On my shelf

    • blacks and the priesthood
    • Book of Mormon anachronisms
    • book of mormon origin and translation
    • church culture
    • church history
    • corporation of the church
    • dress and grooming standards
    • historicity of book of mormon
    • I know the church is true
    • LGBTQ issues
    • purity culture
    • racism
    • sexism
    • temple endowment
    • tithing spending
    • whitewashed church history
    • worthiness interviews

    On the Mormon Spectrum

    • Exmormon
    • Feminist
    • Intellectual
    • LGBTQ+ Ally
    • Liberal
    • Nuanced

    Why I left More answers about 'Why I left' the mormon church

    As a teen I had lots of questions about the church and did lots of searching. This was pre-internet, so I saved babysitting money to go to the local Christian Supply bookstore and Powells to buy books about Mormonism. I thought and cried and prayed and grew to know that Mormonism was not something that I could believe in. When I was 18 I met with my bishop and asked for my name to be removed from the records. I told my parents after the fact.

    I went to college and built a life for myself across the country.  I don’t think I could have done this if I stayed in my hometown. I feel a sense of loss about what Mormonism took from me as a child and a sense of loss for the relationships with family that are now more fragile. We love each other, but from a distance. Still, I wouldn’t change leaving the church. I needed to live my truth. 

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