Category Archives: Family

Easter

Posted on April 16, 2014 by

I’d like to do away with Easter all together in our house hold, but I probably won’t for the kids sake. My whole family, strangely, stopped celebrating Easter together 5 or 6 years ago. Mainly when my grandma got up … Continue reading →

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Great Loss

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

The AH’s mom, my MIL and the kids beloved Nana passed away late Friday night. We were the last to see her Friday, leaving a mere 4 1/2 hours before her death. She did not look well at all and … Continue reading →

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Seeking Change

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

As I’m sure you’re well aware of, I have taken a break from blogging. I just couldn’t write. I wanted to write. I intended to write and maybe I needed to write, but I didn’t. I’ve been on  another journey … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Death

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

It was recently brought to my attention that some in my family are still mourning my deconversion, which they called a spiritual death and liken it to the pain of a physical death.  It’s been 3 years since I deconverted … Continue reading →

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Protected: Sticks and Stones

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

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Letter To My Children

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

I’ve been reading this blog for a long time, since before I deconverted. I knew they were a catholic family. I think the children are beautiful, her house pretty, she a good mom, but her recent post rubbed me the wrong … Continue reading →

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My god is the ocean.

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I do need something that I think is bigger than me. Maybe I do need to have something that I can turn over my stress to. Just give them away until I feel better equip … Continue reading →

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iReport

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Dam at Kids Without Religion wrote a iReport for CNN on Why I Raise My Children Without God. It has a lot of comments(9000 or so), some of them nice and some of them not so nice. One thing that … Continue reading →

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Silly Stuff

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

I’ve once again been busy, but I thought I’d share something funny. The reward for good behavior at my kid’s school is stickers and then after a certain amount of stickers they are allowed to get into the treasure box. … Continue reading →

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Runaway

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Do you ever feel like you just want to run away? That was not a feeling I was too familiar with until a couple of years ago. I’m sure as a kid I wanted to run away sometimes when I … Continue reading →

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