Why I Renounced Being Catholic And Stepped Into A Totally Different Experience Of God

This is something I never talk about, mostly because it’s uncomfortable, but it’s something that’s coming through right now, wanting to be shared.

I was raised Catholic. I made all of the sacraments and went to church and religion classes every week. I was taught about things like original sin and needing to confess your sins and be forgiven for them and God judging you to decide whether you’ve lived a life worthy of getting to go to Heaven after you die.

And none of it sat well with me. Especially now, but even as a kid. I just always felt like there was something off about what I was being taught.

For years of my adult life, I carried around what I call “God trauma.” I was raised to believe things about life and about God that did not resonate with me. Not only did it not resonate, but it felt like a lie.

That was NOT the experience of God I’d been having my entire life… and yet that was what I was being taught to believe.

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Isn’t It Time You Stopped Buying Into The Bullshit About What It Means To Be ‘Healthy?’

I think some of the best writing comes from our triggers. There is power in writing about and sharing things that cause you to have an emotional charge.

This is one of those posts for me.

It came from a MAJOR trigger that I have, and this morning, that trigger was set off by a single sentence.

The sentence said: “We might even have to go into a government-funded nursing home because of our failing health.”

Now, none of what I’m about to say has anything to do with the author or even the book itself. In fact, the author was only giving an imagined for-instance example about retirement.

What triggered me and set me off was that sentence, whether real or an imagined example, is what’s wrong with the way people think about health and aging.

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Every Queen Needs A Chariot

I’ve wanted a Jeep since I was a kid. I just always knew that was my car brand. I always believed I would drive a Jeep when I grew up.

Well, I grew up and I still didn’t have my Jeep.

Most would panic or start telling themselves nonsense like it’s not available for them, they can’t have it, it’s not meant to be. But I just continued to believe.

Then three years ago, I was at Auto Zone buying something to fix my previous vehicle (a 2002 Chevy Cavalier) and I saw this Jeep keychain.

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An Open Letter to Adam Sandler

Dear Adam,

You don’t know me, but you’ve been part of my life since I was a kid. First on SNL and then in the various movies you’ve made that I still watch, quote and refer to on a regular basis.

I saw your new Netflix special last night, and it was some of the best standup I’ve seen in years. You are still to this day one of the only comics who makes me laugh so hard I cry (and that’s not easy to do).

“Adam Sandler 100% Fresh” is some of your best work. Ever.

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