Hello!

Dear Reader,

Hello! Welcome! I am so glad you are here. I feel like I need to start out with a little background and a few of the reasons why I blog.

This blog is about my life currently and frequently my life in the past. I was raised in what I believe to be a unique environment. My mom has an undiagnosed mental illness. A lot of this illness focuses on religion and God’s opinion of everything and everyone. She believes she is special in her receipt of revelation from God and knowing his will. I think she would compare herself to a prophet. My dad is her enforcer and everything she said was serious business as I grew up.  My parents had a lot of kids and so there are a lot of interpretations and opinions as to whether my mom is ill or if she really is that connected with God.

As you can tell, I fall into the category of thinking she is mentally ill. Honestly, this is the kindest and best thing I can think of her (in my opinion). I can’t imagine someone with her beliefs and actions to be of sound mind. Anyway, I had quite a journey to come to the realization that life is different than how it was portrayed to me as a child.

What is surprising to some, is that it was reaching out to my Savior that helped me to see the truth. I think many would expect me to have pulled far away from any type of religious belief as an adult. However, I can’t deny that as I reached out in prayer to my Father in Heaven and to my Savior that I had information and light given to me. The first and best thing that I learned was that God is my Father and He loves me. He is kind and understanding. So, gradually, step by step I learned to live in a much happier way.

Here we are today! It has been years since I left my parents home and found mental and emotional independence. I still reach out to my Father in Heaven each day in prayer and feel his love.

I am a wife and a mother. I have a lot of thoughts about these things and write about them too.

The main reason why I write is as I reach out to God through prayer, I feel His light beckoning to me. I love this feeling and wanted to share it.

Best and kindest regards,

Sara.