Thanks, I appreciate it. And yes, I think there's something about being raised (willingly) very religious that is very hard to explain, especially because there are all sorts of things I took as real in an "I know" rather than an "I believe" way that I don't anymore. Sometimes it's even hard to explain then-me to now-me.
The conversation last night wasn't painful, thankfully. That was probably the best and most surprising thing about it. But the process of wrestling with all this over the past 15 years or so has had a lot of very painful moments (as anyone who's seen me end up in tears about it can attest). It's only really started to get less painful as I've come to terms with where I've been heading for a long time.
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The conversation last night wasn't painful, thankfully. That was probably the best and most surprising thing about it. But the process of wrestling with all this over the past 15 years or so has had a lot of very painful moments (as anyone who's seen me end up in tears about it can attest). It's only really started to get less painful as I've come to terms with where I've been heading for a long time.