![]() 'I Have Endometriosis-Doctors Said the Pain Was Just 'Being a Woman''.'I'm a Wellness Psychologist-These Are My 5 Secrets to Happiness'.That symbol, like wearing blessed undergarments, is a minor detail in the A man might not wear a wedding ring but probably still loves his wife and just doesn't see the need for the symbol. The best comparison I can give is that a wedding ring symbolizes the promises that are made when people marry. The purpose of the garments is to be a constant reminder of the covenants we made, but I will be honest and admit that I find them uncomfortable and they bunch under my clothes. I also don't wear blessed undergarments except on occasion. But that doesn't make me a bad person or mean that I'm not going to heaven. I don't cuss like a sailor, but I think adult humor is funny and watch R rated movies, and my friends in the Church do not. For example, I haven't heard my Church friends swear. A lot of my friends in the Church do follow every detail of the teachings. But I call myself a big picture person I don't hang on to every detail. In the Mormon Church you're taught that you need care for your body and that if you're physically healthy, you're mentally healthy. That part of being Mormon I follow very closely and it comes naturally to me. My parents, not for religious reasons, were extremely healthy so I've only ever sipped a soda, and I didn't like it. I don't drink alcohol, coffee or caffeine. I then called missionaries over and started attending Church again and that's when I was baptized. He was fine with that he had the faith but not necessarily the desire to attend and be baptized. I told my husband and said that while the kids were young, I felt we needed to get them comfortable with attending. I had a strong urge then that going back to the Mormon Church was what I needed to do. I felt lonely and knew that if something happened I would have been completely on my own. I was 30 then and had my husband and kids but I didn't have any friends outside work because I was so focused on my family. I kept thinking about her and then my own life. She told me a story about how her husband had gone in for routine surgery and died unexpectedly and it had been a long, drawn out ordeal for her. ![]() She was older than me and, one day, I asked her why she wasn't married. I began working for a college in the admissions department in the Pacific Northwest where I live, and there was a woman there I was drawn to chatting with. Rejoining the Mormon Church at the age of 30 We separated and I rekindled a relationship with, and married, my husband Steve in my early 20s and we had three children together. I actually met someone in high school, got married a bit too young and had my son at 19. That's what I love about the Mormon Church.Īfter graduating high school I didn't attend for a while. I understood the basics and believed in the core of the religion.īut I just wanted to socialize everyone was so welcoming. Of course knew about the Book of Mormon and that Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I remember services as being three hours long, with a traditional service and then two classes, but I didn't pay a lot of attention. I liked this group that was very organized and close knit and had bible study class where I could make friends. I wasn't baptized in the Mormon Church until I was an adult, but in my mind I've been a member since I was a kid.Īt the time it wasn't really about faith or religion, it was just about wanting something to do and wanting to belong. Through them, I was introduced to the Mormon Church and I started attending. A neighboring family that we were very close with were Mormons, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and I had another friend at school who was also Mormon. I was an only child growing up, so I was a bit lonely.
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