Hi, I’m Heather
I was a “Normon” once upon a time too
About me
I was born and raised in the church, married a return missionary in the temple, at 22 years old, had four kids. Lived the gospel in the most pure way I could. Never even tasted alcohol until I was 47 years old.
# Why I left More stories of 'Why I left' the Mormon church
Realized The first year I was married, that I was projecting my good qualities onto my husband at the time, But stuck to my covenant because I had “made a promise to God and I didn’t want to step over that”. Continued praying to God for a decade, And having babies as I was commanded, before I divorced him HOPING that he would change, but with his gambling addiction, and sleeping around addiction, well, I finally got strong enough to walk away from the church. Ironically, his parents and he are still members. That’s fun. Hypocrisy in the patriarchy is pretty common for the Mormon church.
Also, parents and two siblings are still NORMON, and they are still drinking the Kool-Aid, BUT I have been able to re-identify myself aside from them. It’s been a lot of work, but I am grateful for that work because it made me more resilient.